STUDIES ON FISCHER TROPSCH SYNTHESIS OVER Fe-Cu-K CATALYST Ⅱ.PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION AND COMPOSITION

In part I, we investigated some behavior of copper- potassium promoted iron catalyst for the synthesis of hydrocarbon from hydrogen and carbon monoxide, with particular attention to the influence of reaction temperature, operating pressure, space velocity, H2/CO ratio in feed gas and particle size of catalyst on CO conversion. In this part, more attention was paid to the whole product distribution, such as wax, oil, oxygenate and the composition of oil and oxygenate. It is seen that the operating conditions greatly affect the whole product distribution and its composition.     

Characterization and catalytic performance of CeO2-Co/SiO2 catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using nitrogen-diluted synthesis gas over a laboratory scale fixed-bed reactor

The surface species of CO hydrogenation on CeO2-Co/SiO2 catalyst were investigated using the techniques of temperature programmed reaction and transient response method. The results indicated that the formation of H2O and CO2 was the competitive reaction for the surface oxygen species, CH4 was produced via the hydrogenation of carbon species step by step, and C2 products were formed by the polymerization of surface-active carbon species （-CH2-）. Hydrogen assisted the dissociation of CO. The hydrogenation of surface carbon species was the rate-limiting step in the hydrogenation of CO over CeO2-Co/SiO2 catalyst. The investigation of total pressure, gas hourly space velocity （GHSV）, and product distribution using nitrogen-rich synthesis gas as feedstock over a laboratory scale fixed-bed reactor indicated that total pressure and GHSV had a significant effect on the catalytic performance of CeO2-Co/SiO2 catalyst. The removal of heat and control of the reaction temperature were extremely critical steps, which required lower GHSV and appropriate CO conversion to avoid the deactivation of the catalyst. The feedstock of nitrogen-rich synthesis gas was favorable to increase the conversion of CO, but there was a shift of product distribution toward the light hydrocarbon. The nitrogen-rich synthesis gas was feasible for F-T synthesis for the utilization of remote natural gas.     

Reaction parameters influence on the catalytic performance of copper-silica aerogel in the methanol steam reforming

Steam reforming of methanol was carried out on the copper-silica aerogel catalyst.The effects of reaction temperature,feed rate,water to methanol molar ratio and carrier gas flowrate on the H_2 production rate and CO selectivity were investigated.M ethanol conversion was increased considerably in the range of about 240-300,after which it increased at a slightly lower rate.The used feed flowrate,steam to methanol molar ratio and carrier gas flowwere 1.2-9.0 m L/h,1.2-5.0 and 20-80 m L/min,respectively.Reducing the feed flowrate increased the H_2 production rate.It was found that an increase in the water to methanol ratio and decreasing the carrier gas flowrate slightly increases the H2production rate.Increasing the water to methanol ratio causes the lowest temperature in which CO formation was observed to rise,so that for the ratio of 5.0 no CO formation was detected in temperatures lower than 375℃.In all conditions,by approaching the complete conversion,increasing the main product concentration,increasing the temperature and contact time,and decreasing the steam to methanol ratio,the CO selectivity was increased.These results suggested that CO was formed as a secondary product through reverse water-gas shift reaction and did not participate in the methanol steam reforming reaction mechanism.     

Production of high-purity hydrogen by sorption-enhanced steam reforming process of methanol

The sorption-enhanced steam reforming process of methanol(SESRP-Me OH) to produce high-purity H2 was thermodynamically and experimentally studied.Thermodynamic calculations showed that at a CO2 adsorption ratio of 95%,product gas contains 98.36% H2,32.8 ppm CO under temperature of 130°C and steam-to-methanol(S/M) molar ratio of 2.However,without adsorption-enhanced,the product gas contains nearly 74.99% H2 with 24.96% CO2 and 525 ppm CO.To verify the thermodynamic calculation results,experiments were performed in a fixed-bed reactor loaded with commercial Cu O/Zn O/Al2O3 methanol reforming catalyst and 22% K2CO3-promoted hydrotalcite as CO2 adsorbent.Experimental results showed that 99.61% H2 could be obtained by SESRP-Me OH at reaction temperature of 230°C and S/M of 2.Under the same CH3 OH conversion,the reaction temperature decreased by almost 50°C and H2 concentration increased of more than 20%using SESRP-Me OH compared with solely steam reforming of methanol.The characterization of the adsorbent and catalyst showed that the adsorbent showed good stability while the catalyst was seriously sintered under the high regeneration temperature of the adsorbent.     

Higher alcohol synthesis over Cu-Fe composite oxides with high selectivity to C2+OH

Cu-Fe composite oxides were prepared by co-precipitation method and tested for higher alcohol synthesis from syngas. The selectivity to C2+OH and C6+OH in alcohol distribution was very high while the methane product fraction in hydrocarbon distribution was rather low, demonstrating a promising potential in higher alcohols synthesis from syngas. The distribution of alcohols and hydrocarbons approximately obeyed Anderson-Schulz-Flory distribution with similar chain growth probability, indicating alcohols and hydrocarbons derived from the same intermediates. The effects of Cu/Fe molar ratio, reaction temperature and gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) on catalytic performance were studied in detail. The sample with a Cu/Fe molar ratio of 10/1 exhibited the best catalytic performance. Higher reaction temperature accelerated water-gas-shift reaction and led to lower total alcohols selectivity. GHSV showed great effect on catalytic performance and higher GHSV increased the total alcohol selectivity, indicating there existed visible dehydration reaction of alcohol into hydrocarbon.     

Experimental studies of biomass gasification with air

In this work,experimental studies of biomass gasification under different operating conditions were carried out in an updraft gasifier combined with a copper slag reformer.The influence of gasification temperature,equivalence ratio(ER) and copper slag catalyst addition on gas production and tar yield were investigated.The experimental results showed that the content of H2 and CO,gas yield and LHV increased,while the tar yield and the content of CO2,CH4 and C2Hx in the gas product decreased with the temperature.At 800C,with the increase of ER,the LHV,the tar yield and the content of H2,CO,CH4 and C2Hx in gas products decreased,while the gas yield and the content of CO2 increased.Copper slag was introduced into the secondary reformer for tar decomposition.The Fe3O4 phase in the fresh copper slag was reduced to FeO(Fe2+) and metallic Fe by the gas product.Fe species(FeO and metallic Fe) acted as the active sites for tar catalytic decomposition.The catalytic temperature had a significant influence on tar conversion and the composition of the gas product.Typically,the tar conversion of about 17%-54% could be achieved when the catalytic temperature was varied from 750 to 950 C.Also,the content of H2 and CO increased with the catalytic temperature,while that of CO2,CH4 and C2Hx in the gas product decreased.It was demonstrated that copper slag was a good catalyst for upgrading the gas product from biomass gasification.     

Effect of MgO promoter on Ni-based SBA-15 catalysts for combined steam and carbon dioxide reforming of methane

A series of Ni/SBA-15 catalysts with Ni contents ranging from 5 wt% to 15 wt%, as well as another series of 10%Ni/MgO/SBA-15 catalysts, in which the range of the MgO content was from 1 wt% to 7 wt%, were prepared, and their catalytic performances for the reaction of combined steam and carbon dioxide reforming of methane were investigated in a continuous flow microreactor. The structures of the catalysts were characterized using the XRD, H2-TPR and CO2-TPD techniques. The results indicated that the CO selectivity for this reaction was very close to 100%, and the H2/CO ratio of the product gas could be controlled by changing the H2O/CO2 molar ratio of the feed gas. The simultaneous and plentiful existing of steam and CO2 had a significant influence on the catalytic performance of the 10%Ni/SBA-15 catalyst without modification. After reacting at 850 °C for 120 h over this catalyst, the CH4 conversion dropped from 98% to 85%, and the CO2 conversion decreased from 86% to 53%. However, the 10%Ni/3%MgO/SBA-15 catalyst exhibited a much better catalytic performance, and after reacting for 620 h, the CO2 conversion over this catalyst dropped from 92% to around 77%, while the CH4 conversion was not decreased. Oxidation of the Ni0 species as well as carbon deposition during the reaction were the main reasons for the deactivation of the catalyst without modification. On the other hand, modification by the MgO promoter improved the dispersion of the Ni0 species, and enhanced the CO2 adsorption affinity which in turn depressed the occurring of carbon deposition, and thus retarded the deactivation process.     

Synthesis of ethylidene diacetate from dimethyl ether, CO and H2

Ethylidene diacetate was prepared by reacting dimethyl ether, acetic acid and syngas in the presence of a catalytic system comprising RhI3, PPh3 and CH3I. The effects of reaction temperature, pressure, time and the CO/H2 molar ratio on the conversion of dimethyl ether and the product selectivity were investigated under the same catalyst formulation. Results showed that a maximum conversion of dimethyl ether was obtained when a mixture consisting of 0.3 mol dimethyl ether and 120 ml acetic acid was reacted at 180 ℃ and 3.0 MPa for 10 h at a stirring speed of 600 rpm under a syngas flow with a CO/H2 molar ratio of 2.5, which was catalyzed by a catalyst mixture comprising 0.3 g RhI3, 6 g PPh3 and 1.3 g CH3I. The selectivity of ethylidene diacetate increased with temperature, decreased with the CO/H2 molar ratio and exhibited a maximum with pressure.     

Adaptation of Cu/ZnO/Al_2O_3 to Temperature Change in Methanol Synthesis from CO_2 Hydrogenation

The induction behavior in CO2 hydrogenation was studied by varying the reaction temperature to investigate the adaptation of the Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst to the temperature change. The results indicated that a used catalyst had a tendency to keep the last running state in new reaction conditions for MeOH formation, and that this tendency was related to the difference in Cu/Cun+ ratio caused by CO2 and CO produced at different reaction temperatures. However, the reverse water-gas shift reaction (RWGS) induced at four temperatures was completely different from that of methanol synthesis. It implied that the two so-called competitive reactions in CO2+H2, RWGS and methanol synthesis, have different active centers.     

Synthesis of ethylidene diacetate from dimethyl ether,CO and H_2

Ethylidene diacetate was prepared by reacting dimethyl ether,acetic acid and syngas in the presence of a catalytic system comprising RhI3,PPh3 and CH3I.The effects of reaction temperature,pressure,time and the CO/H2 molar ratio on the conversion of dimethyl ether and the product selectivity were investigated under the same catalyst formulation.Results showed that a maximum conversion of dimethyl ether was obtained when a mixture consisting of 0.3 mol dimethyl ether and 120 ml acetic acid was reacted at 180 ℃ and 3.0 MPa for 10 h at a stirring speed of 600 rpm under a syngas flow with a CO/H2 molar ratio of 2.5,which was catalyzed by a catalyst mixture comprising 0.3 g RhI3,6 g PPh3 and 1.3 g CH3I.The selectivity of ethylidene diacetate increased with temperature,decreased with the CO/H2 molar ratio and exhibited a maximum with pressure.     

硅对铁基费-托合成催化剂的影响

用共沉淀法制备了一系列不同硅含量的铁基催化剂,采用N2吸附和原位X射线衍射对催化剂进行了表征,在固定床反应器中考察了催化剂的费-托合成反应活性、选择性和稳定性.结果表明,含硅的催化剂具有较大的比表面积和较小的平均孔径,在CO还原及费-托合成反应中生成的碳化铁物种的稳定性比不含硅的催化剂高.在费-托合成反应中,不含硅的催化剂具有较高的初始活性,但易失活;含硅的催化剂具有较低的初始活性,但稳定性较高.Fe7C3是活性最高的碳化铁物种.随着硅含量的增加,催化剂的费-托合成反应更易生成低碳数产物.     

工业固定床Fe-Cu-K催化剂浆态床F-T合成适应性研究

采用连续搅拌釜式反应器,在接近F-T合成实际工况下考察了工业固定床Fe-Cu-K催化剂浆态床F-T合成反应性能，研究反应温度、压力、原料气空速和氢碳摩尔比等操作参数对催化剂反应活性、产物选择性和稳定性的影响，实验总运转时间达2 500 h；同时采用扫描电镜技术（SEM）对催化剂的抗磨损性能进行了研究，结果表明，操作参数对催化剂的活性、选择性和目标产物产率有较大的影响，工业固定床Fe-Cu-K催化剂具有一定的抗磨损性能，F-T合成烃产物分布合理；催化剂具有较高的稳定性，在589 h的稳定条件运行内，催化剂的失活速率为0.23%/d（以CO转化率的降低计）；在整个运行期间CH4选择性维持在较低的水平。     

Catalytic Performance and Kinetic Models on Zirconium Phosphate Modified Ru/Co/SiO2 Fischer–Tropsch Catalyst

The present paper represents the promising ways to improve catalytic performance by introducing zirconium phosphate (ZP) on Ru/Co/SiO₂ catalysts and the related kinetic models using the optimized Fischer?CTropsch synthesis (FTS) catalyst. A lot of works has been reported using cobalt-based catalyst for FTS reaction, and many authors have continuously tried to find out highly efficient FTS catalyst by modifying support as well as by introducing promoters. Silica is one of the excellent candidates as catalytic supports, and the present works intensively represents how to modify SiO₂ support for a high catalytic performance by using ZP species. The effect of ZP-modification of SiO₂ support with respect to cobalt aggregation and catalytic deactivation was mainly investigated for FTS reaction. The surface modification at P/(Zr?+?P) molar ratio between 0.029 and 0.134, enhanced the spatial confinement effect of cobalt clusters, and resulted in high catalytic stability with the help of well-dispersed ZP particle formation. The enhanced catalytic performance, in terms of CO conversion, C₅+ selectivity and catalytic stability, is mainly attributed to the suppressed aggregation, a homogeneous distribution of cobalt clusters with a proper size and a low mobility of cobalt clusters at an optimum molar ratio of P/(Zr?+?P) because of the formation of thermally stable ZP particles. The kinetic parameters and rate equations on the optimized catalyst are also derived in terms of CO conversion and product distribution.     

Alumina-supported iron catalyst - long-term study of the light product distribution in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Several models have been proposed to describe the carbon number product distribution and mechanism in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). However, these models have not fully explained the product distribution and mechanism owing to the wide range and complexity of hydrocarbons in FTS. This study was conducted based on the Yao and Anderson-Schulz-Flory (ASF) carbon number product distribution models for light (C₁–C₆) hydrocarbon products of a Fe/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The product distribution based on the molar ratio of olefin to paraffin (O/P) and the neighboring olefins was also studied in order to better understand the mechanism in FTS and C₂ olefin deviation during FTS.Two sets of experiments (A and B) with different reaction conditions were conducted in microtubular fixed-bed reactors on the Fe/Al₂O₃ catalyst for 2249 h and 360 h, respectively. We found that the α values from the Yao and ASF carbon number product distribution models are relatively similar. The α values from the Yao carbon number product distribution plots are relatively constant, irrespective of the reaction conditions.Interestingly, it was also found that the secondary reactions of the C₂ olefin by re-adsorption to produce paraffins and long-chain olefins are dependent on the CO conversion and the reaction temperature during the FTS. Also, the product distribution of the neighboring olefins during the reduction condition gave a similar trend to what was observed for other reaction conditions. This result confirmed what was observed in the Yao and ASF carbon number product distribution of the olefins.     

低温高活性熔铁催化剂上的超临界相费托合成反应

在固定床反应器中超临界相条件下研究了熔铁催化剂上的费托合成反应,发现在超临界介质中反应物和产物更容易扩散,较好地抑制了催化剂表面非活性碳的沉积,从而提高了费托合成反应中的CO转化率和烯烃选择性,增加了链增长因子,降低了甲烷选择性.同时,考察了超临界介质、反应温度、压力、H2/CO比和空速等条件对费托合成反应的影响.结果表明,C5-8正构烷烃在催化剂活性温度下都是适宜的超临界介质.当温度和压力都在介质的临界点以上时,介质表现出较好的传质与传热性能,可改善费托合成反应性能.     

Conversion enhancement of tubular fixed-bed reactor for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using static mixer

Recently,Fischer-Tropsch synthesis(FTS) has become an interesting technology because of its potential role in producing biofuels via Biomassto-Liquids(BTL) processes.In Fischer-Tropsch(FT) section,biomass-derived syngas,mainly composed of a mixture of carbon monoxide(CO) and hydrogen(H2),is converted into various forms of hydrocarbon products over a catalyst at specified temperature and pressure.Fixed-bed reactors are typically used for these processes as conventional FT reactors.The fixed-bed or packed-bed type reactor has its drawbacks,which are heat transfer limitation,i.e.a hot spot problem involved highly exothermic characteristics of FT reaction,and mass transfer limitation due to the condensation of liquid hydrocarbon products occurred on catalyst surface.This work is initiated to develop a new chemical reactor design in which a better distribution of gaseous reactants and hydrocarbon products could be achieved,and led to higher throughput and conversion.The main goal of the research is the enhancement of a fixed-bed reactor,focusing on the application of KenicsTM static mixer insertion in the tubular packed-bed reactor.Two FTS experiments were carried out using two reactors i.e.,with and without static mixer insertion within catalytic beds.The modeled syngas used was a mixed gas composed of H2/CO in 2:1 molar ratio that was fed at the rate of 30mL(STP)min1(GHSV≈136mL g1 cat h1) into the fixed Ru supported aluminum catalyst bed of weight 13.3g.The reaction was carried out at 180℃ and atmospheric pressure continuously for 36h for both experiments.Both transient and steady-state conversions(in terms of time on stream) were reported.The results revealed that the steady-state CO conversion for the case using the static mixer was approximately 3.5 times higher than that of the case without static mixer.In both cases,the values of chain growth probability of hydrocarbon products(α) for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis were 0.92 and 0.89 for the case with and without static mixer,respectively.     

Fe—Silicalite—2催化剂表面CO2加氢反应性能的研究

研究了Ｆｅ／Ｓｉｌｉｃａｌｉｔｅ－２催化剂ＣＯ２加氢低碳烯烃反应性能，利用ＣＯ２－ＴＰＤ，ＣＯ２／Ｈ２－ＴＰＳＲ和ＣＯ／Ｈ２－ＴＰＳＲ表征手段，考察了铁含量及ＭｎＯ助剂对Ｆｅ／Ｓｉｌｉｃａｌｉｔｅ－２催化剂ＣＯ２吸附脱附及加氢反应性能的影响，表明随铁含量增加可提高催化剂对ＣＯ２的吸附能力，有利于提高ＣＯ２加氢反应的转化率。     

助剂对Co／HMS催化剂结构和F-T合成性能的影响

详细研究了钍、锆、锗及铈助剂对钴质量分数为15％的Co／HMS催化剂结构、 F-T合成CO转化率、CO2选择性及烃分布的影响,结果表明：钍能适当提高F-T合成 活性,且低温下具有较强的链增长能力;锆、锗、铈降低了催化剂CO转化率,催化 剂加氢能力变强,导致低碳烃增加较快,汽柴油馏分段减低,相应的链增长能力降 低,并以锰和铈较为明显;XRD,TPR及TG表征表明：锆和铈可提高催化剂Co还原度 ,但F-T合成反应时金属Co易披氧化,反应中金属Co量明显减少,CO转化率降低, 并以铈最为显著;Th助催化剂Co还原度稍有减低,Co分散度高于Co／HMS,且反应 中金属Co较为稳定,Co转化率得以提高;添加Mn助剂后,催化剂难以还原,反应中 活性相金属Co量较小,CO转化率较低．