Development of niobium-promoted cobalt catalysts on carbon nanotubes for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Cobalt-based catalysts were prepared by a wet impregnation method on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) support and promoted with niobium.Samples were characterized by nitrogen adsorption,TEM,XRD,TPR,TPO and H2-TPD.Addition of niobium increased the dispersion of cobalt but decreased the catalysts reducibility.Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) was carried out in a fixed-bed microreactor at 543 K,1 atm and H2/CO=2 for 5 h.Addition of niobium enhanced the C5+ hydrocarbons selectivity by 39% and reduced methane selectivity by 59%.These effects were more pronounced for 0.04%Nb/Co/CNTs catalyst,compared with those observed for other niobium compositions.     

Activation pressure studies with an iron-based catalyst for slurry Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) was carried out with an industrial iron-based catalyst (100Fe/5Cu/6K/16SiO2, by weight) under the baseline conditions in a stirred tank slurry reactor (STSR). The effects of activation pressure on the catalyst activity and selectivity were investigated. It was found that iron phase compositions, textural properties, and FTS performances of the catalysts were strongly dependent on activation pressure. The high activation pressure retards the carburization. Møssbauer effect spectroscopy (MES) results indicated that the contents of the iron carbides clearly decrease with the increase of activation pressure, especially for the activation pressure increasing from 1.0 MPa to 1.5 MPa, and the reverse trend is observed for superparamagnetic Fe3+ (spm). The higher content of Fe3+ (spm) results in the higher amount of CO2 in tail gas when the catalyst is reduced at higher pressure. The catalyst activity decreases with the increase of activation pressure. The high quantity of iron carbides is necessary to obtain high FTS activity. However, the activity of the catalyst activated in syngas can not be predicted solely from the fraction of the carbides. It is concluded that activation with syngas at the lower pressure would be the most desirable for the better activity and stability on the iron-based catalyst.     

焙烧温度对含Mg助剂的铁基催化剂F-T合成反应性能的影响

采用连续共沉淀和喷雾干燥技术相结合的方法制备了Mg助剂的Fe/Cu/K/SiO2催化剂,采用N2物理吸附、XRD、MES 和H2-TPR等表征手段,考察了焙烧温度对催化剂比表面积、体相结构和还原性能的影响。结果表明,随着焙烧温度的升高,催化剂的比表面积降低,平均孔径增大,体相中α-Fe2O3晶粒逐渐增大,催化剂变的越来越难还原,其结构更加稳定。在H2/CO （摩尔比）= 2.2、250 ℃、2.0 MPa和2 000 h－1于固定床反应器考察了焙烧温度对该催化剂F-T合成反应性能的影响,结果表明,随着焙烧温度的升高,催化剂的F-T合成反应活性降低,在运行过程中反应活性逐渐增加直至达到平稳,但达到平稳所需的诱导期越来越长;提高焙烧温度使烃产物分布向重质烃方向转移,有利于降低CH4的选择性,促进重质烃的生成。     

Cu助剂的加入方式对铁基催化剂F-T合成性能的影响

采用不同的沉淀方式与喷雾干燥成型技术相结合的方法制备了系列微球状FeCuK/SiO2催化剂,结合H2-TPR和M(o)ssbauer谱等表征手段,研究Cu助剂的加入方式对铁基催化剂物相结构、还原和碳化行为以及F-T合成性能的影响.催化剂在浆态床反应器中以接近F-T合成实际工况条件(250℃、1.5 MPa、H2/CO=...     

还原温度与时间对铁基催化剂浆态床F-T合成性能的影响

在浆态床反应器中考察了未还原催化剂以及在240℃和270℃的还原温度下还原时间对Fe/Cu/K/SiO2催化剂F-T合成反应性能的影响,采用Mssbauer谱研究了还原和反应后催化剂的物相组成。结果表明,在240℃延长还原时间或将还原温度升高到270℃均有利于催化剂的还原,270℃还原的催化剂的活性和稳定性明显高于未还原和240℃还原的催化剂,催化剂的运行稳定性与催化剂在反应过程中的流失量有密切关系。催化剂高温还原时烃产物分布倾向于生成低碳数的烃类,在相同的还原温度下,烃产物选择性随还原时间的延长向轻组分方向偏移。     

Cu助剂对聚乙烯醇辅助沉淀铁催化剂费托合成反应性能的影响

通过共沉淀法或聚乙烯醇（PVA）辅助共沉淀法分别制备了Fe₂O₃和FeCu催化剂,结合BET、XRD、SEM、H₂-TPR等表征手段,研究了Cu助剂对PVA辅助的沉淀铁催化剂的织构性质、物相结构、形貌特征、还原行为以及F-T合成反应性能的影响。结果表明,Cu助剂的加入增大了铁基催化剂中α-Fe₂O₃的晶粒,减小了催化剂的BET比表面积和孔容,增大了孔径;改变了铁基催化剂的形貌;促进了铁基催化剂在H₂中的还原。反应过程中,在催化剂中只添加Cu助剂时,有利于提高催化剂的反应活性,而当同时加入Cu助剂和PVA时,由于Cu助剂与PVA较强的相互作用,反而降低了催化剂的反应活性,且催化剂的选择性向轻质烃方向偏移。     

Kinetics of the water-gas shift reaction in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over a nano-structured iron catalyst

Based on formate and direct oxidation mechanisms, three Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Hougen-Watson (LHHW) kinetic models of the water-gasshift (WGS) reaction over a nano-structured iron catalyst under Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reaction conditions were derived and compared with those over the conventional catalyst. The conventional and nanostructured Fe/Cu/La/Si catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation of Fe and Cu nitrates in aqueous media and water-oil micro-emulsion, respectively. The WGS kinetic data were measured by experiments over a wide range of reaction conditions and comparisons were also made for various rate equations. WGS rate expressions based on the formate mechanism with the assumption that the formation of formate is rate determining step were found to be the best.     

Deactivation studies of bifunctional Fe-HZSM5 catalyst in Fischer-Tropsch process

A physical mixture of alkali-promoted iron catalyst with binder based on Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and an acidic co-catalyst （HZSM5） for syngas conversion to hydrocarbons was studied in a fixed bed micro reactor. Deactivation data were obtained during the synthesis over a 1400 h period. The deactivation studies on iron catalyst showed that this trend followed the phase transformation Fe2.2C （ ε′） → Fe5C2 （χ） → Fe3C （θ）, and the final predominant phase of the catalyst was Fe3C （θ）. Deactivation of zeolite component in bifunctional catalyst may be caused by coking over the zeolitic component, dealumination of zeolite crystals, and migration of alkali promoters from iron catalyst under synthesis conditions. The deactivation rate of iron catalyst was also obtained.     

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.     

Effects of promoters on catalytic performance of Fe-Co/SiO2 catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

2%Fe-10%Co/SiO₂ catalysts with different potassium or zirconium loadings were prepared by aqueous incipient wetness impregnation and tested for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a flow reactor, using H₂/CO = 1.6 (molar ratio) in the feed, under the condition of an overall pressure of 1 MPa, GHSV of 600 h⁻¹ and temperature of 503 K. The zirconium and potassium promoters remarkably influenced hydrocarbon distribution of the products. CO conversion increased on the catalysts with the increase of zirconium loadings, which indicated that zirconium enhanced the activity of iron-cobalt catalysts. Low potassium loadings also enhanced the activity of the catalysts. However, high potassium loading made CO conversion on the catalysts decrease and weakened the secondary hydrogenations. The catalyst was characterized by BET, XRD and TPR. The catalyst characterization revealed that the Co₃O₄ phase was presented on the fresh catalyst, whereas the spinel phase of Fe-Co alloy and CoO existed on the used catalyst.     

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis by nano-structured iron catalyst

Effects of nanoscale iron oxide particles on textural structure, reduction, carburization and catalytic behavior of precipitated iron catalyst in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) are investigated. Nanostructured iron catalysts were prepared by microemulsion method in two series. Firstly, Fe2O3, CuO and La2O3 nanoparticles were prepared separately and were mixed to attain Fe/Cu/La nanostructured catalyst (sep-nano catalyst); Secondly nanostructured catalyst was prepared by co-precipitation in a water-in-oil microemulsion method (mix-nano catalyst). Also, conventional iron catalyst was prepared with common co-precipitation method. Structural characterizations of the catalysts were performed by TEM, XRD, H2 and CO-TPR tests. Particle size of iron oxides for sep-nano and mix-nano catalysts, which were determined by XRD pattern (Scherrer equation) and TEM images was about 20 and 21.6 nm, respectively. Catalyst evaluation was conducted in a fixed-bed stainless steel reactor and compared with conventional iron catalyst. The results revealed that FTS reaction increased while WGS reaction and olefin/paraffin ratio decreased in nanostructured iron catalysts.     

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.     

Hydrocarbon production rates in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over a Fe/Cu/La/Si catalyst

The detailed kinetics of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over an industrial Fe/Cu/La/Si catalyst was studied in a continuous spinning basket reactor under the conditions relevant to industrial operations. Reaction rate equations were derived on the basis of Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Hougen-Watson type models for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis based on possible reactions sets originated from the carbide, enolic and combined enol/carbide mechanisms. Kinetic model candidates were evaluated by the global optimization of kinetic parameters, which were realized by first minimization of multi-response objective functions with conventional Levenberg-Marquardt method. It was found that an enolic mechanism based model could produce a good fit of the experimental data. The activation energy for paraffin formation is 95 kJ·mol^?1 which is smaller than that for olefin formation (121 kJ·mol^?1).     

焙烧温度对Fe-Mn催化剂结构和F-T合成性能影响

研究了焙烧温度对Fischer-Tropsch(F-T)合成Fe-Mn催化剂的织构性质、还原行为以及在还原和反应过程中结构变化的影响；在H2/CO=2.0、260 ℃、2.5 MPa和1 000 h－1条件下在固定床反应器上考察了焙烧温度对Fe-Mn催化剂F-T合成反应活性、烃产物选择性和运行稳定性的影响。XRD和TPR结果表明，随着焙烧温度的升高，催化剂中α-Fe2O3晶粒增大，催化剂比表面积降低，促进Mn3+渗入α-Fe2O3晶格中，形成了铁锰固溶体物相，使得催化剂难于还原，当焙烧温度升高到700 ℃时，催化剂中的α-Mn2O3相完全消失。催化剂F-T合成反应评价表明，在不降低催化剂活性的同时，焙烧温度的升高可显著地提高催化剂的反应运行稳定性，并促使烃产物分布向高碳数方向偏移；600 ℃焙烧的Fe-Mn催化剂运行200 h，总体活性高，失活速率较低，对低碳烯烃和中间馏分油段产物选择性好。     

Effect of vacuum impregnation on the performance of Co/SiO_2 Fischer-Tropsch catalyst

Two silica-supported cobalt catalysts were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation under atmospheric and vacuum conditions.N2 ph- ysisorption,H2 chemisorption,XRD,SEM,TEM,XPS and H2-TPR were used to characterize the catalysts.The results showed that the impregnation methods had an effect on the size,dispersion and reducibility of cobalt particles.Under vacuum conditions,cobalt-containing steeping liquor could penetrate into the inner pores of silica support and more bivalent cobalt oxides were formed in the Co3O4 crystallites.Furthermore,cobalt precursors were rarely inclined to agglomerate and the smaller cobalt particles were uniform on the support,which led to the higher activity of the Co/SiO2(B)catalyst than the normal one under the reaction conditions of 483- 523 K,1 - 2 MPa,gas hourly space velocity of 500–1000 h-1 and molar ratio of H2/CO=0.5 - 2.0.     

La2O3对费-托合成沉淀铁催化剂的影响

制备了一系列不同La2O3含量(100Fe/2.8Si/nLa,n=0,0.5,1,2,4,原子比)的沉淀铁费-托合成催化剂,通过原位X射线衍射、一氧化碳程序升温还原和N2吸附-脱附等手段对催化剂进行了表征.催化剂费-托反应评价在固定床反应器中进行.结果表明,少量La2O3助剂(La/Fe≤0.01,原子比)的加入显著降低了Fe2O3颗粒大小,增加了催化剂的比表面积和分散度,有利于碳化铁的形成,从而导致费-托合成催化活性的提高.随着La2O3含量的进一步增加(La/Fe≥0.02),催化剂表面大量La2O3的覆盖和LaFeO3化合物的形成降低了铁碳化物的形成,反应活性反而降低.因此,最适宜的La2O3含量为La/Fe=0.01.La2O3的加入提高了甲烷的选择性,抑制了C5+碳氢化合物的形成.     

磷化铁/石墨烯纳米复合物的制备及其在F-T合成反应中的应用

作为一种新型碳材料, 石墨烯(G)具有较大的比表面, 因而可以作为载体担载多种金属或金属氧化物. 通过水热法一步合成了磷酸铁/氧化石墨复合物(FePO/GO), 氧化石墨(GO)上复合的磷酸铁(FePO)呈多孔状, 粒径为100～300 nm. 以FePO/GO为前体, 在氢气氛围下, 通过煅烧进一步合成了磷化铁/石墨烯纳米复合物(FeP/G). 粒径为10 nm左右的磷化铁(FeP)均匀的分散在石墨烯表面, 主要暴露(201)晶面. 石墨烯不但能调控FePO的结构, 而且还能促进FePO的还原. FeP/G催化剂可以用于费-托反应, 相对于非负载的FeP, FeP/G具有较高的催化活性、对长链烃较高的选择性以及较高的烯/烷比.     

Study on the Precursor Phase Composition of Fused Iron Catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

The effect of the precursor composition of fused iron catalyst on the performance of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis was investigated. XRD, BET and CO2 adsorption experiments were carried out to provide better insight into the relationship therein. The results showed that the selectivity of C5＋ hydrocarbon products was dependent on the mole ratio of Fe^2＋/Fe^3＋, which was represented by a hump-shaped curve. Catalysts with precursors containing Fe3O4 phase favored the magnetite spinal formation during F-T reaction, while Fe（1-x）O-based catalysts were more likely to favor the formation and growth of the iron carbide crystals.     

Mn助剂加入方式对铁基催化剂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系列微球状Fe/Mn/K催化剂,结合H2 DTG、CO TPR、Mossbauer谱等表征手段,研究了Mn助剂的加入方式对铁基催化剂物相结构、还原和碳化行为以及F-T合成性能的影响。催化剂在浆态床反应器中以接近F-T合成实际工况条件 (250℃、1.5MPa、H2/CO=0.67和2.0L /(gcat·h)) 进行评价。结果表明,以共沉淀方式加入Mn助剂具有较强的Fe Mn相互作用,从而抑制了催化剂的还原和碳化,降低了催化剂的活性,提高了催化剂的稳定性。而以部分共沉淀和黏结剂方式加入Mn助剂促进了催化剂的还原和碳化,提高了反应活性加速了催化剂的失活。与共沉淀Mn相比,部分共沉淀和黏结剂Mn提高了重质烃和烯烃的选择性,同时抑制了有机含氧化合物的生成。