While Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) using coal and natural gas in conventional reactors is an almost well-established technology, the production of liquid hydrocarbons from syngas obtained from biomass is in its preliminary stages of commercialization in countries like Germany. With concerns about global warming and ways of disposing of CO2 being searched for, CO2 hydrogenation using FTS to l...

Following WW II, it appeared that there would be a severe shortage of crude oil so that U.S. organizations initiated work on Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). Over a ten year period, the U.S. Bureau of Mines was budgeted $85 million for work on direct and indirect coal liquefaction. These funds would represent more than a billion dollars in today’s marketplace. A large (75 bbl/day) FTS pilot pla...

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Four types of bi-functional catalysts with cobalt nanoparticles supported on meso- or microporous silicates aluminosilicates are investigated regarding the obtained CO2 and CH4 selectivity under low-temperature reaction conditions. In situ x-ray absorption spectroscopy results industrially relevant conditions reveal that strong cobalt-support interactions oxidized spe...