An Overview of Low-Temperature Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis: Market Conditions, Raw Materials, Reactors, Scale-Up, Process Intensification, Mechanisms, and …

JE Apolinar-Hernández, SL Bertoli, HG Riella… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Fischer–Tropsch technology has allowed, since its emergence a century ago, the
production of stable liquid fuels from different raw materials in different geographic scenarios …

Optimal synthesis and design of catalytic distillation columns: A rate-based modeling approach

DA Linan, DE Bernal, JM Gomez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents the optimal synthesis and design of a rigorous catalytic distillation (CD)
column that explicitly considers the multiscale and multiphase nature of this intensification …

Debunking the impact of crystallite/particle size in cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

J Gorimbo, R Chikati, P Khangale, IN Beas… - Chemical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This review examines the relationship between the crystallite size of cobalt and the
distribution of products produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). The ideal range for …

Scale-up of high-pressure FT synthesis in 3D printed stainless steel microchannel microreactors: Experiments and modeling

N Mohammad, C Chukwudoro, S Bepari, O Basha… - Catalysis Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Scale-up of Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis using microreactors is very important for
a paradigm shift in the production of fuels and chemicals. The scalability of microreactors for …

Pore diffusion effects on catalyst effectiveness and selectivity of cobalt based Fischer-Tropsch catalyst

DB Bukur, M Mandić, B Todić, N Nikačević - Catalysis Today, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study we investigate performance characteristics (catalyst effectiveness, CH 4
selectivity, and hydrocarbon product distribution) of with a highly active Co/Re/Al 2 O 3 …

High-Temperature Fe-Based Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis: Experimentally Validated Kinetic Models Implemented at Pellet and Reactor Scales

B Gray, O Johnson, B Joseph… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Pellet-and reactor-scale models for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) with a Fe–K/silica
catalyst were developed to investigate the sensitivity of the hydrocarbon products and …

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 …

Dynamic analysis of millimetre-scale fixed bed reactors for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

M Mandić, V Dikić, M Petkovska, B Todić… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dynamic performance of a milli-scale fixed bed reactor for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS)
was studied using a dynamic pseudo-homogeneous 1D reactor model. The model uses …

Optimization of forced periodic operations in milli-scale fixed bed reactor for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

N Nikačević, B Todić, M Mandić, M Petkovska… - Catalysis Today, 2020 - Elsevier
One-dimensional pseudo-homogenous dynamic reactor model, incorporating detailed
Fischer-Tropsch kinetics, was applied in a theoretical analysis of forced periodic operations …

Application of a Neural Network on Steam Drum Pressure Control in a Fixed-Bed Reactor for Exothermic Reactions

J Liu, Z Zhang, J Zhang, J Chen - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Industrial application of temperature control in coal-based exothermic
reactions. Abstract The control of steam drums, used to remove heat from Fischer–Tropsch …