Fischer-Tropsch Processes Investigated at the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center since 1944

Fischer—tropsch studies on a plasma‐sprayed iron catalyst in a tube‐wall reactor

“…It is seen that CO conversion increased slightly when the pressure was increased at any particular exposure velocity. A similar trend has been reported by Baird et al, 1980 andZarochak et al, 1982. In Figure 8, weight percentages of hydrocarbons are plotted against carbon number at two pressures (3.45 X 10' and 6.89 X 10' Pa).…”

“…any attempts have been made in recent years to devel-M op reactors which can handle large amounts of heat generated by highly exothermic reactions such as Fischer-Tropsch (m) synthesis (Thomson et al, 1979;Baird et al, 1980;Deckwer et al, 1982;Zarochak et al, 1982;Satterfield and Stenger, 1984). A cet Cgard, les rkacteurs a paroi tubulaire (TWA) sont de plus en plus considCrCs pour la synthkse FT en raison de leur construction simple et d'un meilleur contrble de la temperature.…”

“…The reactor walls are coated with the catalytic material by meiins of the flame-or plasma-spraying techniques or by wash coating. Thomson et al, 1979;Baird et a]., 1980;and Zarochak et al, 1982 have reported Fischer-Tropsch studies on a flame-sprayed iron catalyst. A detailed review of the tube-wall reactor technology and its application to various exothermic reaction systems is given by Goyal (1984).…”

“…The major advantage of such reactors is their ability to remove a large amount of heat as soon as it is liberated on the catalyst surface. Thomson et al, I979 used the Berty reactor andBaird et al, 1980 andZarochak et al, 1982 used the tube-wall reactors for their studies. A number of studies Carbeny, 1975 and1976;O'Hara et al, 1976;Chandrasekharan and Calderbank, 1980;Goyal et al, 1982 and1983) have been conducted in this field in the last decade.…”

Self‐Tuning control of fischer‐tropsch synthesis in a tube‐wall reactor

“…Thomson et al (1979) have investigated the parameters affecting the selectivity of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a Berty reactor using flame-sprayed iron catalyst. Similar studies have been performed by Baird et al (1980) in a TWR. Kapoor et al (1986) have studied the effect of exposure velocity and the reaction temperature and pressure on the conversion of CO and on the selectivity of the Fischer-Tropsch reaction using a TWR and plasma-sprayed iron catalyst.…”