REACTION KINETICS OVER PRECIPITATED Fe/Mn/K CATALYST FOR THE FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS

The kinetics of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis reaction is studied in an internally recycled reactor (CSTR) over a commercial, precipitated Fe/Mn/K catalyst. Kinetic data are obtained with 1 47-4.04 H2/CO feed gas over a temperature range of 265-320℃, a pressure range of 1.0-2.6 MPa, and a space velocity range of 300-800 h-1 . The kinetic model which fits the experimental data well is the same as that of the intrinsic kinetics, i.e. -RH2 CO=kPH2PCO/(PCO bPH2O, where k is the kinetic constant for the rate-determining step and b is a function of temperature only. This model may be derived by assuming that the rate-determining step is the hydrogenation of adsorbed CO according to the enol mechanism. It is found that the CO usage ratio is probably independent of synthesis gas conversion and total pressure, and the catalyst shows high water-gas-shift activity.

REACTION KINETICS OVER PRECIPITATED Fe/Mn/K CATALYST FOR THE FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS