Development of Highly Selective Support for CO Hydrogenation to Light Olefins with Partially Passivated Iron Catalysts

Xing, Yu; Jia, Gaopeng; Liu, Zhenxin; Fang, Shaoming; Zhao, Chenxi; Guo, Xuehui; Suib, Steven L.

doi:10.1002/cctc.201900023

Title: Development of Highly Selective Support for CO Hydrogenation to Light Olefins with Partially Passivated Iron Catalysts

Journal Article · Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · ChemCatChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201900023· OSTI ID:1598234

^[1]; Jia, Gaopeng ^[1]; Liu, Zhenxin ^[1]; Fang, Shaoming ^[1]; Zhao, Chenxi ^[1]; Guo, Xuehui ^[1]; Suib, Steven L. ^[2]

Zhengzhou Univ. of Light Industry (China)
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)

To rule out disturbances from water=soluble efficient promoters (e. g., K₂O or combination of S/Na), a simplified iron/support catalyst system was employed to investigate novel supports for the catalytic conversion of syngas (CO+H₂) to light olefins (FTO). A series of supports with nominal compositions of ZnAl₂O₄∙xAl₂O₃ (x=1, 2, 3) were prepared by coprecipitation and subsequent high temperature calcination at 1200 °C for 24 h to generate partially passivated ZnAl₂O₄ and Al₂O₃ phases, through which each formed component of a catalyst may minimize interactions among them and exhibit unique activity. Iron catalysts were prepared by incipient wetness of iron salts over these supports. At a total pressure of ca. 20 bar and a CO conversion of 35 %, a catalyst with a nominal composition of 15 %Fe/85 %(ZnAl₂O₄ ∙ 3Al₂O₃) exhibits a surprising C₂⁼-C₄⁼ hydrocarbon distribution of 58 %, which reaches a huge increase by almost 100 % in comparison with iron catalysts over regular supports (e. g., carbon, gamma-Al₂O₃, etc.). This catalyst demonstrates the 1200 °C passivated ZnAl₂O₄ ∙ 3Al₂O₃ as probably the most selective support material for iron-based FTO catalysts. At CO conversion of 35 %, the contents of ethylene in C₂, propylene in C₃, and butylene in C₄ products achieve extraordinary values of 82%, 92%, and 91%, respectively.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-86ER13622; 21571161

OSTI ID:: 1598234

Journal Information:: ChemCatChem, Vol. 11, Issue 14; ISSN 1867-3880

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