Conversion of cellulosic wastes to liquid hydrocarbon fuels: Vol. 4, Slurry phase synthesis of liquid hydrocarbon fuels from biomass pyrolysis gas using iron catalysts: Final report

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6967348

Kuester, J L

An experimental assessment of liquids and iron based catalysts for use in a Fischer-Tropsch slurry reactor has been conducted. The best catalyst/liquid combination was found to be a 48Fe/4.8Cu/47.2Kieselguhr catalyst in Chevron Refined Wax 143. At the optimum operating conditions of 300/sup 0/C, 200 psig, using a 5 weight % catalyst slurry with a molar H/sub 2//CO feed ratio of 0.5, the yield of product was 118 mg/g-cat/h. Five different catalysts were tested in their ability to produce diesel type fuels from biomass pyrolysis gas. The catalysts tested, in order of decreasing product yield, were: kieselguhr supported, potassium promoted alumina supported, potassium promoted unsupported, unsupported, and alumina supported iron. A two-level factorial study using temperature, pressure, H/sub 2//CO feed ratio, and catalyst concentration in the slurry as factors was also performed.

• Research Organization: Arizona State Univ., Tempe (USA). Coll. of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CS40202
• OSTI ID: 6967348
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/40202-T19-Vol.4; ON: DE87003649
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BIOMASS
CARBOHYDRATES
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CELLULOSE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
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DIESEL FUELS
ENERGY SOURCES
FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLYSACCHARIDES
PRODUCTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
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WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION