skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Technology development for cobalt F-T catalysts. Quarterly technical progress report, October 1, 1995--December 31, 1995. No. 13

Abstract

The goal of this project is the development of a commercially viable, cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) catalyst for use in a slurry bubble column reactor. Cobalt-based catalysts have long been known as being active for F-T synthesis. They typically possess greater activity than iron-based catalysts, historically the predominant catalyst being used commercially for the conversion of syngas based on coal, but possess two disadvantages that somewhat lessen its value: (1) cobalt tends to make more methane than iron does, and (2) cobalt is less versatile with low H{sub 2}/CO ratio syngas due to its lack of water-gas shift activity. Therefore, the major objectives of this work are (1) to develop a cobalt-based F-T catalyst with low (< 5 %) methane selectivity, (2) to develop a cobalt-based F-T catalyst with water-gas shift activity, and (3) to combine both these improvements into one catalyst. It will be demonstrated that these catalysts have the desired activity, selectivity, and life, and can be made reproducibly. Following this experimental work, a design and a cost estimate will be prepared for a plant to produce sufficient quantities of catalyst for scale-up studies.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Energy International Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
415359
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/92108-T16
ON: DE97050479; TRN: 97:000120
DOE Contract Number:  
AC22-92PC92108
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 5 Sep 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; COBALT; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; PROGRESS REPORT; COAL; COST; IRON; METHANE; RUTHENIUM; PROMOTERS; TIME DEPENDENCE

Citation Formats

Singleton, A H. Technology development for cobalt F-T catalysts. Quarterly technical progress report, October 1, 1995--December 31, 1995. No. 13. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/415359.
Singleton, A H. Technology development for cobalt F-T catalysts. Quarterly technical progress report, October 1, 1995--December 31, 1995. No. 13. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/415359
Singleton, A H. 1996. "Technology development for cobalt F-T catalysts. Quarterly technical progress report, October 1, 1995--December 31, 1995. No. 13". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/415359. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/415359.
@article{osti_415359,
title = {Technology development for cobalt F-T catalysts. Quarterly technical progress report, October 1, 1995--December 31, 1995. No. 13},
author = {Singleton, A H},
abstractNote = {The goal of this project is the development of a commercially viable, cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) catalyst for use in a slurry bubble column reactor. Cobalt-based catalysts have long been known as being active for F-T synthesis. They typically possess greater activity than iron-based catalysts, historically the predominant catalyst being used commercially for the conversion of syngas based on coal, but possess two disadvantages that somewhat lessen its value: (1) cobalt tends to make more methane than iron does, and (2) cobalt is less versatile with low H{sub 2}/CO ratio syngas due to its lack of water-gas shift activity. Therefore, the major objectives of this work are (1) to develop a cobalt-based F-T catalyst with low (< 5 %) methane selectivity, (2) to develop a cobalt-based F-T catalyst with water-gas shift activity, and (3) to combine both these improvements into one catalyst. It will be demonstrated that these catalysts have the desired activity, selectivity, and life, and can be made reproducibly. Following this experimental work, a design and a cost estimate will be prepared for a plant to produce sufficient quantities of catalyst for scale-up studies.},
doi = {10.2172/415359},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/415359}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Thu Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}