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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2012.50.2.358

Kinetic Study of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis and Water Gas Shift Reactions over a Precipitated Iron Catalyst  

Yang, Jung-Il (Clean Coal Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Chun, Dong Hyun (Clean Coal Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Park, Ji Chan (Clean Coal Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Jung, Heon (Clean Coal Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.50, no.2, 2012 , pp. 358-364 More about this Journal
Abstract
The kinetics of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and water gas shift reactions over a precipitated iron catalyst were studied in a 5 channel fixed-bed reactor. Experimental conditions were changed as follows: synthesis gas $H_2$/CO feed ratios of 0.5~2, reactants flow rate of 60~80 ml/min, and reaction temperature of $255{\sim}275^{\circ}C$ at a constant pressure of 1.5 MPa. The reaction rate of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis was calculated from Eley-Rideal mechanism in which the rate-determining step was the formation of the monomer species (methylene) by hydrogenation of associatively adsorbed CO. Whereas water gas shift reaction rate was determined by the formation of a formate intermediate species as the rate-determining step. As a result, the reaction rates of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis for the hydrocarbon formation and water gas shift for the $CO_2$ production were in good agreement with the experimental values, respectively. Therefore, the reaction rates ($r_{FT}$, $r_{WGS}$, $-r_{CO}$) derived from the reaction mechanisms showed good agreement both with experimental values and with some kinetic models from literature.
Keywords
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis; Water Gas Shift; Kinetic Model; Iron Catalyst;
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