METHODS TO STUDY THE KINETICS OF ELEMENTARY STEPS OF FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS ON COBALT CATALYSTS
Résumé
Two different but complementary methods were used to study the kinetics of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on cobalt supported catalysts. The first method focuses on the transient kinetic measurements and analysis of several elementary steps of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over cobalt supported catalysts in a pulse fixed bed microreatcor. The second method addresses measuring and modeling intrinsic steady-state Fischer-Tropsch kinetics in a slurry stirred tank reactor. The results on the mechanism and kinetics of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis obtained by both methods are discussed in the paper.