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Recent Development in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts
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Recent Development in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts

A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2021) | Viewed by 6084

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Prof. Dr. Vladimir Mordkovich

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Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials, 7A Tsentralnaya Street, Troitsk, 108840 Moscow, Russia
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; Fischer–Tropsch synthesis; alternative fuels; chemistry of materials; carbon nanostructures
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This year we mark the hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS). Moving into the second century of FTS research, the scientific community is meeting new challenges due to both novel scientific aspects of this inexhaustible chemistry and to earlier unforeseen ecological circumstances. For instance, the opportunities afforded by quantum chemistry calculations and CFD modeling open the way for unimaginably accurate theoretical predictions of catalyst behavior. On the other hand, the introduction of innovative techniques of catalyst particle/granule/bed manufacturing, like molecular organic frameworks or heat-conductive frames of microchannels, allow achieving unprecedented operational parameters for prospective industrial processes. This era of new interest has brought to life such new lines of development as hybrid catalysts, nano-effect-driven catalysis, high carbon efficiency technologies, and non-fuel Fischer–Tropsch products, to name but a few.

The aim of this Special Issue is to cover promising recent research and novel trends in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis catalysts. Contributions from all areas of fundamental and applied catalysis science and technology, based on experimental results and/or mathematical modeling, would be of great interest.

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Mordkovich
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Fischer–Tropsch synthesis
  • hybrid catalysts
  • bifunctional catalysts
  • cobalt
  • iron
  • ruthenium
  • metal organic frameworks
  • nano-effects
  • mechanism
  • active site
  • fixed bed
  • slurry bed
  • microchannel
  • selectivity
  • deactivation
  • regeneration
  • alternative fuel

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Jet Fuel Synthesis from Syngas Using Bifunctional Cobalt-Based Catalysts
by Evert Boymans, Tom Nijbacker, Dennis Slort, Sander Grootjes and Berend Vreugdenhil
Catalysts 2022, 12(3), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030288 - 03 Mar 2022
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Advanced biofuels are required to facilitate the energy transition away from fossil fuels and lower the accompanied CO2 emissions. Particularly, jet fuel needs a renewable substitute, for which novel production routes and technology are needed that are more efficient and economically viable. [...] Read more.
Advanced biofuels are required to facilitate the energy transition away from fossil fuels and lower the accompanied CO2 emissions. Particularly, jet fuel needs a renewable substitute, for which novel production routes and technology are needed that are more efficient and economically viable. The direct conversion of bio-syngas into fuel is one such development that could improve the efficiency of biomass for jet fuel processes. In this work, bifunctional catalysts based on hierarchical zeolites are prepared, tested and evaluated for their potential use in the production of actual jet fuel. The bifunctional catalysts Co/H-mesoZSM-5, Co/H-mesoBETA and Co/H-mesoY have been applied, and their performance is compared with their microporous zeolite-based counterparts and two conventional Fischer–Tropsch Co catalysts. Co/H-mesoZSM-5 and Co/H-mesoBETA showed great potential for the direct production of jet fuel as bifunctional catalysts. Besides the high jet fuel yields under Fischer–Tropsch synthesis conditions at, respectively, 30.4% and 41.0%, the product also contained the high branched/linear hydrocarbon ratio desired to reach jet fuel specifications. This reveals the great potential for the direct conversion of syngas into jet fuel using catalysts that can be prepared in few steps from commercially available materials. Full article
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Preparation and High-Throughput Testing of TiO2-Supported Co Catalysts for Fischer‒Tropsch Synthesis
by Christian Schulz, Peter Kolb, Dennis Krupp, Lars Ritter, Alfred Haas, Mario Soorholtz, Thomas Emmerich Maldonado, Tobias Benjamin Thiede and Carsten Knobloch
Catalysts 2021, 11(3), 352; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11030352 - 09 Mar 2021
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A series of Co/TiO2 catalysts was tested in a parameters field study for Fischer‒Tropsch synthesis (FTS). All catalysts were prepared by the conventional impregnation technique to obtain an industrially relevant Co content of 10 wt % or 20 wt %, respectively. In [...] Read more.
A series of Co/TiO2 catalysts was tested in a parameters field study for Fischer‒Tropsch synthesis (FTS). All catalysts were prepared by the conventional impregnation technique to obtain an industrially relevant Co content of 10 wt % or 20 wt %, respectively. In summary, 10 different TiO2 of pure anatase phase, pure rutile phase, as well as mixed rutile and anatase phase were used as supports. Performance tests were conducted with a 32-fold high-throughput setup for accelerated catalyst benchmarking; thus, 48 experiments were completed within five weeks in a relevant operation parameters field (170 °C to 233.5 °C, H2/CO ratio 1 to 2.5, and 20 bar(g)). The most promising catalyst showed a CH4 selectivity of 5.3% at a relevant CO conversion of 60% and a C5+ productivity of 2.1 gC5+/(gCo h) at 207.5 °C. These TiO2-based materials were clearly differentiated with respect to the application as supports in Co-catalyzed FTS catalysis. The most prospective candidates are available for further FTS optimization at a commercial scale. Full article
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