Recent advances in bifunctional synthesis gas conversion to chemicals and fuels with a comparison to monofunctional processes

L Weber, CH Mejía, K de Jong… - Catalysis Science & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement and limit the potentially
catastrophic consequences of climate change, we must move away from the use of fossil …

Operando magnetic resonance imaging of product distributions within the pores of catalyst pellets during Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

Q Zheng, J Williams, LR van Thiel, SV Elgersma… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The optimization of a heterogeneous catalytic process requires characterization of the
catalyst at industrially relevant conditions and length scales. Here we use magnetic …

Modelling of fixed bed and slurry bubble column reactors for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

F Sauerhöfer-Rodrigo, I Díaz, M Rodríguez… - Reviews in Chemical …, 2024 - degruyter.com
An extensive review of slurry bubble column reactor and fixed bed reactor steady state
models for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis is presented in this work. Material, energy and …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling the selectivity in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using foam catalysts: An integrated experimental and modeling approach

A Aguirre, E Scholman, J van der Shaaf… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) is widely applied to convert syngas to liquid
fuels, being long-chain hydrocarbons (C 5+) the preferred products. Combining experiments …

Thermal assessment of a micro fibrous fischer tropsch fixed bed reactor using computational fluid dynamics

AE Abusrafa, MS Challiwala, BA Wilhite, NO Elbashir - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
A two-dimensional (2D) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) scale-up model of the Fischer
Tropsch reactor was developed to thermally compare the Microfibrous-Entrapped-Cobalt …

Synthesis and characteristics of mesoporous carbon catalysts via sulfonation process from surfactant residue and their catalytic properties toward gas-phase ethanol …

Y Klinthongchai, P Praserthdam… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The several mesoporous materials are captive for applying in the different
catalytic application due to its unique characteristics, which directly affected to the different …

Mass transfer advantage of hierarchical structured cobalt‐based catalyst pellet for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

C Niu, H Li, M Xia, J Wang, C Chen, Z Ma, L Jia… - AIChE …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The low effectiveness factor of catalyst pellet caused by high internal diffusion limitation is a
common issue in fixed‐bed reactor. Nevertheless, hierarchical structured catalyst provides a …

Experimental verification of 2-dimensional computational fluid dynamics modeling of supercritical fluids Fischer Tropsch reactor bed

AE Abusrafa, MS Challiwala, HA Choudhury… - Catalysis Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A 2-D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of a Packed Bed (PB) Fischer
Tropsch (FT) reactor was developed using a non-conventional Supercritical Fluid (SCF) as …

Elucidating the Role of Bifunctional Cobalt‐Manganese Catalyst Interactions for Higher Alcohol Synthesis

J Paterson, R Partington, M Peacock… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Catalyst promoters are often used to tune or improve performance with little understanding
as to how they work. Here we present a fundamental evaluation of cobalt‐manganese …

Effect of catalyst shape and multicomponent diffusion flux models on intraparticle transport-kinetic interactions in the gas-phase Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

A Nanduri, PL Mills - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Intraparticle Fischer-Tropsch (FT) transport-kinetics interactions for various Fe-
based catalyst particle shapes (sphere, solid cylinder, hollow cylinder, 4-hole cylinder …