Fischer-Tropsch slurry phase process variations to understand wax formation: Quarterly report, 1 October 1988--31 December 1988

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6771739

Satterfield, C N

The effects of temperature and hydrogen/carbon monoxide ratio on carbon number product distribution from iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts have been studied from recent selected data obtained in our laboratory and from analyses of the literature. These indicate that ..cap alpha../sub 1/ = 0.60-0.70 for the Schulz-Flory distribution up to about C/sub 10/ for a variety of iron catalysts. ..cap alpha../sub 1/ is relatively insensitive to presence or absence of potassium and H/sub 2//CO ratios up to about 10. Values of ..cap alpha../sub 2/ for the C/sub 10+/fraction vary from about 0.89-0.93 at 225/degree/C-263/degree/C, decreasing to about 0.82 at 310/degree/C. 28 refs., 11 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-85PC80015
• OSTI ID: 6771739
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/80015-13; ON: DE89006704
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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