Effect of Drying Temperature on Iron Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts Prepared by Solvent Deficient Precipitation

Table 7

Catalytic performance of different catalysts during fixed-bed reactor runs.

Catalyst name	Time on stream (h)	T (°C)	(mmol/g/h)		CH4 (%)	CO2 (%)	(%)
C80	75	250	35.1	0.235	3.65	46.7	49.7
	83	240	22.4	0.150	3.48	43.8	52.8
	92	259	63.3	0.200	4.03	46.3	49.6
	107	249	37.2	0.252	3.76	46.2	50.0
C100	95	250	40.9	0.160	6.11	44.5	49.4
	131	230	16.1	0.063	5.51	36.8	57.7
	152	260	69.4	0.173	6.64	46.0	47.4
	180	240	26.9	0.067	6.13	39.3	54.6
C115	75	251	36.3	0.219	4.50	44.2	51.3
	83	241	24.1	0.145	4.17	40.9	54.9
	96	260	60.1	0.171	5.19	43.5	51.3
	107	250	37.3	0.225	4.62	43.9	51.5
C130	88	250	47.2	0.175	3.46	43.4	53.1
	131	230	20.7	0.077	3.08	36.9	60.0
	153	260	79.0	0.194	3.67	44.3	52.0
	212	240	25.9	0.064	3.26	36.1	60.7
C130r	64	250	52.7	0.220	3.02	42.4	54.6
	74	240	35.3	0.147	2.82	39.0	58.2
	87	260	85.4	0.200	3.41	42.9	53.7
	98	249	57.4	0.240	3.12	42.5	54.4
C130b	64	250	46.9	0.220	3.21	42.5	54.3
	73	240	30.6	0.143	3.01	39.3	57.7
	86	260	76.9	0.185	3.67	42.9	53.4
	98	250	50.0	0.235	3.33	42.7	54.0
C150	57	255	40.6	0.203	5.34	44.7	49.9
	79	246	26.0	0.130	5.17	42.0	52.8
	104	260	52.0	0.140	6.07	43.5	50.4
	121	251	34.6	0.093	5.79	40.0	54.3
C150NP	57	257	45.7	0.219	4.27	43.3	52.4
	77	247	30.1	0.144	4.02	40.7	55.3
	103	261	53.7	0.138	5.08	41.9	53.1
	120	252	37.8	0.097	4.64	38.8	56.6

CO consumption rate; CO conversion; Products heavier than methane.