Impact of Process Conditions on the Sintering Behavior of an Alumina-Supported Cobalt Fischer–Tropsch Catalyst Studied with an in Situ Magnetometer

Autor: J. Labuschagne, Mark E. Dry, Michael Claeys, S. Booyens, P.J. van Berge, P. van Helden, E. van Steen, A.M. Saib, D.J. Moodley, Renier Crous
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: ACS Catalysis. 5:841-852
ISSN: 2155-5435
DOI: 10.1021/cs501810y
Popis: Sintering of supported cobalt nanoparticles is one of the main deactivation mechanisms in the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. In this study, crystallite growth was studied with an alumina-supported catalyst in real time and as a function of process conditions using a novel in situ magnetometer. It could be shown that sintering with this catalyst occurred via a combination of high CO and high water partial pressures. It is proposed that particle growth proceeds via cobalt subcarbonyl migration over the hydroxylated support surface.
Databáze: OpenAIRE