Kinetic modeling is an important issue, whose objective is the accurate determination of the rates of various reactions taking place in a reacting system. This issue is a pivotal element in the process design and development particularly for novel processes which are based on reactions taking place between various types of species. The Fischer Tropsch (FT) reactions have been used as the ki...

This work presents a techno-economic analysis of novel gasification system, chemical looping (CLG), used as the primary process for biofuel production through Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS). Two different gas cleaning configurations, cold-gas cleanup and hot-gas trains, are explored, along with off-gas utilization possibilities, to study their influence on economics an integrated CLG–FT plant....

The Fischer–Tropsch (FT) process consists of the reaction a synthesis gas (syngas) mixture containing carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), which are polymerized into liquid hydrocarbon chains, often using cobalt catalyst, although mechanistic pathway is not yet fully understood. Here, we have employed unrestricted density functional theory calculations with Hubbard Hamiltonian long-range dis...

One possible origin of prebiotic organic material is that these compounds were formed via Fischer-Tropsch-type (FTT) reactions of carbon monoxide and hydrogen on silicate and oxide grains in the warm, inner-solar nebula. To investigate this possibility, an experimental system has been built in which the catalytic efficiency of different grain-analog materials can be tested. During such runs, th...

Although Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) technology has been known for more than 80 years, the information on the fundamentals of the catalytic chemistry is limited, hindering improvements in process development. With respect to the reaction mechanism, most publications generally consider the same limited number of reaction pathways but reach different, often mutually exclusive, conclusions. Specifically...

The aim of this work is to select the best individual or combined controlled variables (CVs) for a natural gas to hydrocarbon liquids (GTL) process based on the idea of self-optimizing control. The objective function is to maximize the variable income of the plant, and two modes of operation are studied. In mode I, where the natural gas flow rate is given, there are three unconstrained degrees ...

Magnetic, Mössbauer, and I.R. studies of nanosize particles of Fe and Co species dispersed in a cage of aluminosilicates structure, in relation to syngas (CO+H2) Fischer Tropsch conversion. The difference in the catalytic activity of such species have shown dependancy on their degree of dispersion. The carbonyl impregnation gave ultra-fine Super Paramagnetic Fe3O4, whereas the nitrate impregnat...

The kinetic of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over a co-precipitated Fe-Ce catalyst was investigated in a fixed bed micro reactor. Experimental conditions were varied as follow: reaction pressure 1-15bar, H¬¬¬2/CO feed ratio of 1-3 and space velocity of 3600-5400 h-1 at the temperature range of 270-310°C. 4 models according to the Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Hougen-Watson (LHHW) type rate equation were der...

The present study focuses on the catalytic conversion of syngas (CO + H 2 ) through Fischer–Tropsch (FT) route using two identically prepared 0.1 wt.% palladium promoted Mesoporous Alumina (MA) and SBA–15 supported Co (15 wt.%) catalysts. activity is performed in a fixed bed tubular reactor at temperature 220 °C pressure 30 bar with /CO ratio ~2 having Gas Hourly Space Velocity (GHSV) 500 h −1 ...