Fischer-Tropsch conversion of biomass-derived synthesis gas to liquid fuels

Catalytic conversion of biomass-derived synthesis gas to liquid fuels

Climate change is one of the biggest global threats of the 21st century. Fossil fuels constitute by far the most important energy source for transportation and the different governments are starting to take action to promote the use of cleaner fuels. Biomass-derived fuels are a promising alternative for diversifying fuel sources, reducing fossil fuel dependency and abating greenhouse gas emissi...

Modeling of Fischer–tropsch Synthesis Packed Bed Reactor for Producing Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas

A tubular pilot scale fixed-bed reactor for the Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) was simulated to numerically demonstrate the conversion of synthesis gas (CO+H2) to higher hydrocarbons over an iron based catalyst. The reactor was a 3.1 cm diameter and 2.75 m length steel tube. The feed temperature were between 563583 K. Saturated water was employed to control the peak temperature within the cata...

Fe-based Fischer Tropsch synthesis of biomass-derived syngas: Effect of synthesis method

Effect of Structural Promoters on Fe-Based Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis of Biomass Derived Syngas

Biomass gasification and subsequent conversion of this syngas to liquid hydrocarbons using Fischer– Tropsch (F–T) synthesis is a promising source of hydrocarbon fuels. However, biomass-derived syngas is different from syngas obtained from other sources such as steam reforming of methane. Specifically the H2/CO ratio is less than 1/1 and the CO2 concentrations are somewhat higher. Here, we repor...

Effect of Steam During Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis Using Biomass-Derived Syngas

The gasification of biomass is a promising technique to generate different forms of valuable alternative energy, including direct thermal energy and further conversion of synthesis gas to clean liquid fuels or chemicals via Fischer– Tropsch synthesis (FTS) [1–5]. The ideal H2/CO ratio for FTS is ~2/1 based on the stoichiometry. However, The H2/ CO for the synthesis gas obtained from biomass gas...