Rate and selectivity enhancement in Fischer Tropsch synthesis. Quarterly research report

Technical Report · Thu Mar 20 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5965819

Gulari, E

Our research during this quarter continued to be concentrated on investigating the fundamental surface processes occurring on the alumina supported ruthenium catalysts. We were successful in measuring the product selectivities of the surface species under transient conditions. Perhaps the most important finding during this quarter was that on ruthenium the chain propagation step in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is much faster than the initiation and termination steps. Also an important finding was that most of the surface carbon does not participate as active intermediates in the presence of chemisorbed CO. 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-84PC70785
• OSTI ID: 5965819
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/70785-T5; ON: DE86008690
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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090121* -- Hydrocarbon Fuels-- Chemical Synthesis-- (1976-1989)
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALKANES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BUTANE
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CATALYST SUPPORTS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
ELEMENTS
ETHANE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGENATION
INFORMATION
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM METALS
REACTION INTERMEDIATES
RUTHENIUM
SPECIFICITY
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SYNTHESIS
TIME DEPENDENCE
TRANSIENTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
YIELDS