Research Article

Synthesis of Hydrocarbons from H2-Deficient Syngas in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis over Co-Based Catalyst Coupled with Fe-Based Catalyst as Water-Gas Shift Reaction

Table 2

The results of the conversion of syngas to hydrocarbons over hybrid catalysts for reaction time of 6.5 h at 513 Ka.

Without FeCuFeCubZr-FeCu
(10 wt.% Zr)
Zr-FeCu
(20 wt.% Zr)
Mn-FeCuCe-FeCuPd/Mn-FeCu

CO conv. (%)35.241.745.140.045.039.544.8
CO2 STY (mol kg−1 h−1) 01.751.501.361.921.252.65
H.C. STY (mol kg−1 h−1)2.482.162.382.302.612.542.35
H.C. distribution (C-%)
 CH431.836.733.834.333.231.436.6
 C2–C413.512.711.312.710.411.511.8
 C5–C1138.543.941.136.745.948.241.9
16.1 6.713.716.310.5 8.9 9.7

Reaction conditions: cat.: 2.0 g hybrid catalyst (1.5 g Co/β and 0.5 g Fe-based catalyst); pressure: 1.0 MPa; W/F = 16.3 g-cat. h mol−1; H2/CO = 1.
b1.95 g hybrid catalyst (1.5 g Co/β and 0.45 g Fe-based catalyst).