Effect of reduction temperature on a spray-dried iron-based catalyst for slurry Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

An industrial iron-based catalyst (100Fe/5Cu/6K/16SiO₂, by weight) was characterized after reduction at different temperatures and after Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) in a stirred tank slurry reactor (STSR). The BET surface area and pore volume of the catalyst decreases with increasing reduction temperature, and the contrary trend was found for pore size. The iron phase compositions of catalysts reduced with syngas were strongly dependent on pretreatment conditions employed. Pretreatment with syngas at lower temperature prevents iron catalyst activation. Carburization was intensified with the increase in reduction temperature. The formation of iron carbides in reduced catalyst was necessary for obtaining stable high FTS activity. The relationship between the amount of CO₂ in tail gas during activation and the Fe³⁺ (spm) content in the reduced catalyst was observed. The rapid carburization at high reduction temperature resulted in the formation of a superparamagnetic Fe³⁺ core and an iron carbide layer of the reduced catalyst. FTS activity decreased with the increase in the reduction temperature, but the stability distinctly improved. It was found that the working catalyst loss in the heavier waxy products resulted in higher deactivation rate of the catalyst reduced at lower temperature. With the increase in the reduction temperature, the product distribution shifted towards the lower molecular weight products.     

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.     

结构助剂SiO2、Al2O3对铁基催化剂浆态床F-T合成性能的影响

采用连续共沉淀与喷雾干燥成型技术相结合的方法制备了微球状Fe/Cu/K/SiO2和Fe/Cu/K/Al2O3催化剂,研究SiO2和Al2O3作为结构助剂对铁基催化剂吸附行为、炭化行为及F-T合成反应性能的影响。表征结果表明,与Al2O3相比较,SiO2抑制了H2的吸附,但促进了CO的吸附,有利于催化剂的炭化。催化剂在260℃、1.5MPa、H2/CO=0.67和2000h-1下的浆态床F-T合成反应评价表明,Fe/Cu/K/SiO2催化剂具有较高的F-T合成活性、高的水煤气变换反应（WGS）活性,且其烃产物选择性明显向高炭数方向偏移,而Fe/Cu/K/Al2O3催化剂则表现出较低的F-T合成活性、低的水煤气变换反应（WGS）活性和高的轻质烃选择性。但Fe/Cu/K/Al2O3催化剂比Fe/Cu/K/SiO2催化剂具有更好的运行稳定性。     

费托合成 Fe基催化剂中铁物相与活性的关系

 采用连续共沉淀和喷雾干燥相结合的方法制备了微球形 Fe 基催化剂, 采用 N2 吸附-脱附、X 射线衍射和穆斯堡尔谱等手段, 考察了催化剂在不同还原条件下铁物相的转变, 并在浆态床反应器中评价了催化剂的费-托合成 (FTS) 反应性能. 结果表明, Fe 基催化剂在合成气气氛下首先从α-Fe2O3 转变为 Fe3O4, 然后转变为铁碳化物 (FexC); 还原压力的增大有利于 α-Fe2O3 向 Fe3O4 的转变, 而抑制 Fe3O4 向 FexC 的转变; 还原空速的增加则促进 Fe3O4 转变为 FexC. 催化剂的 FTS 反应活性随着催化剂中 Fe3O4 含量的增加而逐渐下降, 而随着 FexC 含量的增加而逐渐上升.     

Effect of interaction between potassium and structural promoters on Fischer–Tropsch performance in iron-based catalysts

The Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) performances of iron-based catalysts promoted with/without potassium compounds containing different acidic structural promoters (Al₂O₃, SiO₂, and ZSM-5) were studied in this research. Characterization technologies of temperature-programmed reduction with CO (CO-TPR), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Mössbauer effect spectroscopy (MES) were used to study the effect of K–structural promoter interactions on the carburization behaviors of catalysts. It showed that the addition states of potassium (K–Al₂O₃, K–SiO₂, K–ZSM-5 and K-free) have a significant influence on the formation of iron carbides, which shows a following sequence in promotion of carburization: K–Al₂O₃ > K–SiO₂ > K–ZSM-5 > K-free. The FTS reaction test was performed in a fixed bed reactor. It is found that Fe/K–Al₂O₃ catalyst leads to the highest CO conversion, Fe/K–ZSM-5 catalyst shows the highest H₂ conversion, and Fe/K-free catalyst shows the lowest CO and H₂ conversion. As for the hydrocarbon selectivity, Fe/K–SiO₂ catalyst yields the lowest methane and the highest C₅⁺ products, Fe/K–ZSM-5 catalyst yields higher methane and the highest liquid hydrocarbon product, whereas Fe/K-free catalyst yields the highest methane and the lowest C₅⁺ products. These results can be explained from the interaction between potassium and structure promoters, and the spillover of reactants or intermediates from Fe sites to the surfaces of structural promoters.     

Fe/SiO_2纳米复合物上合成气制低碳烯烃催化性能研究

分别采用一步合成法和常规共沉淀法制备了Fe/SiO2催化剂,通过N2物理吸附、X射线衍射、透射电镜、傅里叶变换红外光谱和程序升温还原等方法对催化剂进行了表征,并在固定床反应器中对其费托合成制低碳烯烃的催化性能进行了评价。结果表明,与共沉淀铁基催化剂不同,采用一步合成法制备的纳米复合物主要由Fe3O4相构成,形貌呈规则球形,平均粒径为30 nm,尺寸分布窄,更容易还原。一步合成法制得的Fe/SiO2催化剂对费托合成反应具有较高的活性和低碳烯烃选择性、较低的甲烷选择性和良好的稳定性。     

还原温度对Fe-Mo催化剂性质及F-T合成性能的影响

研究了还原温度对Fe-Mo催化剂性质及费托(F-T)合成性能的影响。采用N₂物理吸附、X射线衍射、穆斯堡尔谱和H₂程序升温脱附技术对催化剂进行了表征。结果表明,随还原温度升高,金属铁晶粒粒径增大,金属铁上的H₂吸附量先升后降;催化剂还原度提高,反应态催化剂碳化铁含量递增。催化剂F-T合成性能在280 ℃、1.5 MPa、2 000 h^-1、合成气H₂/CO比为2.0条件下在固定床反应器中测试。反应结果表明,随还原温度提高,催化剂接近稳态时的活性和重质烃选择性(C₅⁺)先升后降,而甲烷选择性则先降后升。350 ℃还原催化剂具有最佳F-T合成反应性能。     

Kinetics studies of nano-structured iron catalyst in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Kinetic parameters of nano-structured iron catalyst in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) were studied in a wide range of synthesis gas conversions and compared with conventional catalyst. The conventional Fe/Cu/La catalyst was prepared by co-precipitation of Fe and Cu nitrates in aqueous media and Fe/Cu/La nanostructure catalyst was prepared by co-precipitation in a water-in-oil micro-emulsion. Nano-structured iron catalyst shows higher FTS activity. Kinetic results indicated that in FTS rate expression, the rate constant (k) increased and adsorption parameter (b) decreased by decreasing the catalyst particle size from conventional to nano-structured. Since increasing in the rate constant and decreasing in the adsorption parameter affected the FTS rate in parallel direction, the particle size of catalyst showed complicated effects on kinetic parameters of FTS reaction.     

费托合成反应中纳米铁催化剂上La和Ba助剂的协同效应(英文)

Effect of promoters such as Barium and Lanthanum has been investigated on the conventional nanostructured iron catalyst in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). The nanosized iron-based catalysts were prepared by a microemulsion method with the general formulation of 100Fe/4Cu, 100Fe/4Cu/2La, 100Fe/4Cu/ 1La/1Ba, and 100Fe/4Cu/2Ba. The phase, structure, and morphology of the catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption, transmission electron microscopy, temperature-programmed desorption of CO2, and temperature- programmed reduction. The results indicated that the addition of promoters could improve the activity of Fe catalysts for FTS and WGS (water-gas shift reaction) and lower the gas fraction at the outlet. In addition, both Ba- and La-promoted Fe catalysts exhibit the highest activity due to the synergetic effect.     

Effect of Manganese Incorporation Manner on an Iron-Based Catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

A systematic study was undertaken to investigate the effects of the manganese incorpo- ration manner on the textural properties,bulk and surface phase compositions,reduction/carburization behaviors,and surface basicity of an iron-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis(FTS)catalyst.The cata- lyst samples were characterized by N_2 physisorption,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),H_2(or CO)temperature-programmed reduction(TPR),CO_2 temperature-programmed desorption(TPD),and M(?)ssbauer spectroscopy.The FTS performance of the catalysts was studied in a slurry-phase continuously stirred tank reactor(CSTR).The characterization results indicated that the manganese promoter incor- porated by using the coprecipitation method could improve the dispersion of iron oxide,and decrease the size of the iron oxide crystallite.The manganese incorporated with the impregnation method is enriched on the catalyst's surface.The manganese promoter added with the impregnation method suppresses the reduction and carburization of the catalyst in H_2,CO,and syngas because of the excessive enrichment of manganese on the catalyst surface.The catalyst added manganese using the coprecipitation method has the highest CO conversion(51.9%)and the lowest selectivity for heavy hydrocarbons(C_(12 )).     

Iron oxide and alumina nanocomposites applied to Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Nanocomposites composed of nanoparticles of iron oxide and aluminium oxide (Fe(2)O(3)-Al(2)O(3)) with a unique structure show a remarkable catalytic performance in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS), compared with the traditional iron-based catalyst.     

Effect of Al2O3 Binder on the Precipitated Iron-Based Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

A series of iron-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) catalysts incorporated with Al2O3 binder were prepared by the combination of co-precipitation and spray drying technology. The catalyst samples were characterized by using N2 physical adsorption, temperature-programmed reduc-tion/desorption (TPR/TPD) and Mossbauer effect spectroscopy (MES) methods. The characterization results indicated that the BET surface area increases with increasing Al2O3 content and passes through a maximum at the Al2O3/Fe ratio of 10/100 (weight basis). After the point, it decreases with further increase in Al2O3 content. The incorporation of AI2O3 binder was found to weaken the surface basicity and suppress the reduction and carburization of iron-based catalysts probably due to the strong K-Al2O3 and Fe-Al2O3 interactions. Furthermore, the H2 adsorption ability of the catalysts is enhanced with increasing Al2O3 content. The FTS performances of the catalysts were tested in a slurry-phase continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) under the reaction conditions of 260℃, 1.5 MPa, 1000 h-1 and molar ratio of H2/CO 0.67 for 200 h. The results showed that the addition of small amounts of Al2O3 affects the activity of iron-based catalysts to a little extent. However, with further increase of Al2O3 content, the FTS activity and water gas shift reaction (WGS) activity are decreased severely. The addition of appropriate Al2O3 do not affect the product selectivity, but the catalysts incorporated with large amounts of Al2O3 have higher selectivity for light hydrocarbons and lower selectivity for heavy hydrocarbons.     

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.     

Study of an iron-based Fischer–Tropsch synthesis catalyst incorporated with SiO2

The effect of adding SiO₂ to a precipitated iron-based Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) catalyst was investigated using N₂ physical adsorption, H₂ differential thermogravimetric analysis, temperature-programmed reduction/desorption (TPR/TPD) and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The FTS performances of the catalysts with or without SiO₂ were compared in a fixed bed reactor. The characterization results indicated that SiO₂ facilitates the high dispersion of Fe₂O₃ and significantly influences the Fe/Cu and Fe/K contacts, which play an important role in the surface basicity, reduction and carburization behaviors, as well as the FTS performances. The incorporation of SiO₂ enhances the Fe/Cu contact, further enlarges the H₂ adsorption and promotes the reduction of Fe₂O₃ → FeO_x, while the transformation of FeO_x → Fe is suppressed probably due to the strong Fe–SiO₂ interaction. SiO₂ indirectly weakens the surface basicity and severely suppresses the carburization and CO adsorption of the catalyst. In the FTS reaction, it was found that SiO₂ decreases the FTS initial activity but improves the catalyst stability. Due to the lower surface basicity than the catalyst without SiO₂, the catalyst incorporated with SiO₂ has higher selectivity to light hydrocarbons and methane and decreased selectivity to the olefins and heavy hydrocarbons.     

Effect of confinement in carbon nanotubes on the activity of Fischer-Tropsch iron catalyst

Following our previous findings that confinement within carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can modify the redox properties of encapsulated iron oxides, we demonstrate here how this can affect the catalytic reactivity of iron catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). The investigation, using in situ XRD under conditions close to the reaction conditions, reveals that the distribution of iron carbide and oxide phases is modulated in the CNT-confined system. The iron species encapsulated inside CNTs prefer to exist in a more reduced state, tending to form more iron carbides under the reaction conditions, which have been recognized to be essential to obtain high FTS activity. The relative ratio of the integral XRD peaks of iron carbide (Fe(x)C(y)) to oxide (FeO) is about 4.7 for the encapsulated iron catalyst in comparison to 2.4 for the iron catalyst dispersed on the outer walls of CNTs under the same conditions. This causes a remarkable modification of the catalytic performance. The yield of C5+ hydrocarbons over the encapsulated iron catalyst is twice that over iron catalyst outside CNTs and more than 6 times that over activated-carbon-supported iron catalyst. The catalytic activity enhancement is attributed to the effect of confinement of the iron catalyst within the CNT channels. As demonstrated by temperature-programmed reduction in H2 and in CO atmospheres, the reducibility of the iron species is significantly improved when they are confined. The ability to modify the redox properties via confinement in CNTs is expected to be of significance for many catalytic reactions, which are highly dependent on the redox state of the active components. Furthermore, diffusion and aggregation of the iron species through the reduction and reaction have been observed, but these are retarded inside CNTs due to the spatial restriction of the channels.     

Study of activated carbon supported iron catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Summary Characterization (BET and TPD) and reaction studies were conducted with activated carbon supported iron catalysts (Fe/AC) used for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). The TPD study showed that there existed interactions between metals and the AC surface. Greater association of Cu and K promoters with the AC surface resulted in stronger promoter to surface interaction, which enhanced the H₂ desorption ability of the Cu and K promoted Fe/AC catalyst prepared under vacuum impregnation (VI). Catalytic behavior of a Fe/AC catalyst (VI-15 Fe/2 Cu/2 K/81 AC, in parts per weight) was studied in a 1-liter slurry phase continuous stirred tank reactor. The catalyst presented moderate syngas conversion (44.3-60.6%) and high gaseous selectivity (CH₄, 12.8-15.1% and C₂-C₄, 42.4-46.1%) under 304^oC, 3.0 MPa, 1.1 L(STP)/g-cat/h, and H₂/CO = 2.0 during 166 h of testing. Detectable hydrocarbons up to C₁₈ were formed on the Fe/AC catalyst.     

Temperature-programmed hydrogenation (TPH) and in situ Mössbauer spectroscopy studies of carbonaceous species on silica-supported iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts

Carbonaceous surface species and bulk iron carbides formed under realistic Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) conditions on moderately dispersed, active silica-supported iron catalysts (Fe/SiO2, FePt/SiO2, and FePtK/SiO2) were characterized. Bulk iron phase compositions were determined by M?ssbauer spectroscopy and phase transformations of carbonaceous species during pretreatment with CO, H2, or H2/CO and following reaction were characterized using temperature-programmed hydrogenation (TPH). Isothermal transient rates of FTS were also measured for catalysts after different pretreatments. Six surface and bulk carbonaceous species were quantitatively identified from combined TPH and M?ssbauer spectra of the FePtK catalyst. They include, in order of decreasing reactivity, (a) adsorbed, atomic carbon; (b) amorphous, lightly polymerized hydrocarbon or carbon surface species; (c) bulk epsilon' and chi carbides (Fe(2.2)C and Fe(2.5)C); and (d) disordered and moderately ordered graphitic surface carbons. A correlation between the amount of reactive alpha-carbon (C(alpha)) and initial catalytic activity was established. The method of Li et al. for measuring irreversible chemisorption of CO does not appear to provide quantitative measurements of active site densities on silica-supported iron. Models, based on this and previous work, are proposed for iron phase and carbon phase transformations in silica-supported iron during pretreatment, FTS, and postreaction passivation/oxidation.     

Rh/SiO~2和Rh/NaY催化剂上合成气反应的高压原位 红外光谱研究

采用高压原位FT-IR技术,对比研究了CO加H~2反应条件下Rh/SiO~2和Rh/NaY催化剂表面反应中间物种。在Rh/SiO~2表面上,无论在常压还是在1.0MPa合成气中,只观察到线式和桥式吸附CO。而在常压合成气中,Rh/NaY上不仅存在上述CO吸附物种,而且还有孪生型的Rh(Ⅰ)(CO)~2和少量Rh~6(CO)~1~6;当合成气压力升至1.0MPa后,Rh(Ⅰ)(CO)~2迅速转化成Rh~6(CO)~1~6和在2042cm^-^1产生吸收的单核羰基Rh物种,与此同时催化剂表面还生成了单齿和双齿乙酸根物种;这些在高压下生成的物种在合成气压力重新降回到常压时依然稳定存在。研究Rh/NaY上合成气反应表面物种与H~2的反应行为表明单齿乙酸根很可能是反应的活性中间物。这些结果说明Rh/NaY催化剂在高压合成气中的重构是诱发选择生成乙酸反应的基础。     

助剂对铁基费托合成催化剂氧化行为的影响:H2O作用的解读

以纯Fe催化剂为研究对象,采用XRD、Raman和TPH等手段考察了催化剂的碳化程度、还原程度对H_2O氧化过程的影响,获得了H_2O氧化过程与催化剂中碳物种转变之间的相互影响规律;系统考察了典型的费托合成助剂K和SiO_2存在时对催化剂物化性质以及H_2O氧化行为的影响,发现催化剂的碳化程度越高,碳化铁的抗H_2O氧化能力越强,氧化过程使得碳物种的石墨化程度增加。适量K助剂可促进碳化铁和催化剂表面石墨碳的形成,提高了碳化铁在H_2O氧化过程中的稳定性;SiO_2助剂的加入显著抑制了催化剂的碳化,但可有效提高碳化铁以及碳物种的稳定性。     

Effect of Potassium Addition on Coprecipitated Iron Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Using Bio-oil-syngas

The effects of potassium addition and the potassium content on the activity and selectivity of coprecipitated iron catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) were studied in a fixed bed reactor at 1.5 MPa, 300 o C, and contact time (W=F) of 12.5 gcath/mol using the model bio-oil-syngas of H2/CO/CO2/N2 (62/8/25/5, vol%). It was found that potassium addition increases the catalyst activity for FTS and the reverse water gas shift reaction. Moreover, potassium increases the average molecular weight (chain length) of the hydrocarbon products. With the increase of potassium content, it was found that CH4 selectivity decreases and the selectivity of liquid phase products (C5+) increases. The characteristics of FTS catalysts with different potassium content were also investigated by various characterization measurements including X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area. Based on experimental results, 100Fe/6Cu/16Al/6K (weight ratio) was selected as the optimal catalyst for FTS from bio-oil-syngas. The results indicate that the 100Fe/6Cu/16Al/6K catalyst is one of the most promising candidates to directly synthesize liquid bio-fuel using bio-oil-syngas.