Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis: Effect of CO Conversion over RuNaY Catalyst by Wenping Ma Jia Yang Gary Jacobs & Dali Qian

Author:Wenping Ma, Jia Yang, Gary Jacobs & Dali Qian
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Tags: Unlike on Fe and Co catalysts, the CO conversion effect on Ru catalyst performance is little reported. This study is undertaken to explore the issue using a series of Ru/NaY catalysts under 200–230 C, 2.0 MPa, H2/CO = 2, and 10–60% CO conversion in a 1 L continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). The results are comparatively studied with those of Fe and Co catalysts reported previously. The NaY support and four 1.0%, 2.5%, 5.0%, and 7.5% Ru/NaY catalysts were characterized by BET, H2 chemisorption, H2O-TPD, XRD, HRTEM, and XANES/EXAFS techniques. The BET and XRD results suggest a high surface area (730 m2/g), high degree of crystallinity of the NaY support, and high dispersion of Ru, while an hcp Ru structure and well-reduced Ru were reflected in the HR-TEM FFT and XANES/EXAFS results. The reaction results indicate that the CO conversion effect on CH4 and C5+ selectivities on the Ru is the same as that on the Fe and Co catalysts, with CH4 selectivity decreasing and C5+ selectivity increasing with increasing CO conversion. However, the CO conversion effect on olefin formation for the Ru catalyst was found to be opposite to that of the Fe and Co; increasing CO conversion enhanced olefin formation but suppressed secondary reactions of 1-olefins. The H2O cofeeding experiments showed that H2O impacted olefin formation by suppressing hydrogen adsorption and hydrogenation. The H2O-TPD experiment evidenced a much stronger H2O adsorption capacity (6.8 mmol/g-cat) on Ru followed by Co (1 mmol/g-cat), and then Fe (0.2 mmol/g-cat)., which showed only a very low H2O adsorption capacity.This finding may explain the opposite CO conversion effect on olefin formation observed on the Ru catalyst, and may also explain why low CH4 selectivity (i.e., 3%) occurred on the Ru catalyst and high CH4 selectivity (i.e., 6–8%) occurred on the Co catalyst, both of which possess low water gas shift (WGS) activity., Fischer–Tropsch synthesis; ruthenium; Fe; Co; NaY support; CO conversion effect; olefin formation


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