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Effect of water on the space-time yield of different supported cobalt catalysts during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
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- Lögdberg, Sara (author)
- KTH,Kemisk teknologi
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- Boutonnet, Magali (author)
- KTH,Kemisk teknologi
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Walmsley, John C. (author)
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- Järås, Sven (author)
- KTH,Kemisk teknologi
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Holmen, Anders (author)
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Blekkan, Edd A. (author)
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- Elsevier BV, 2011
- 2011
- English.
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In: Applied Catalysis A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0926-860X .- 1873-3875. ; 393:1-2, s. 109-121
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- The effect of partial pressure of water on the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) rate of six cobalt-based catalysts supported on three different carrier materials (gamma-Al2O3, alpha-Al2O3, TiO2) with varying Co particle sizes was investigated in a fixed-bed reactor by changing space velocity and by external water vapour addition. A typical catalyst pellet size (<100 mu m) for industrial slurry-bed FT reactors was used. Water was found to have a positive kinetic effect, at least up to moderate amounts, on the FT rate of all catalysts in the present study, including the gamma-Al2O3-supported catalyst with pores smaller than similar to 10 nm. The reason for the apparent negative effect on the space-time yield at a direct exposure of Co supported on narrowpore gamma-Al2O3 to high partial pressures of water is due to a rapid and extensive deactivation. This could be ascribed to formation of hard-to-reduce oxidized cobalt species. The choice of support material was found to have a major effect on the response to changes in partial pressure of water, both with respect to deactivation behaviour and kinetics. However, there is a minor Co-particle size effect on the magnitude of the kinetic effect of water, larger Co particles showing a more positive response. Different extents of mass transfer limitations and/or differences in fugacities of H-2, CO and water among the six catalysts could be ruled out as causes for the observed differences.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Fischer-Tropsch
- Cobalt
- Water
- Deactivation
- Particle size
- Microemulsion
- Chemistry
- Kemi
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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