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A Ru/ɤ-Al2O3 catalyst was prepared using by sol-gel technique in order to study its conversion and selectivity in the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS). The effects of reaction conditions on the performance of a catalyst were carried out in a fixed bed reactor. The variation of the steady-state experiments were investigated under reaction temperature of 160-220˚C, inlet H2/CO molar feed ratio of 1/1-3/1, which both atmospheric pressure and gas space hour velocity of 1061 hr− 1 were restricted. The influence of changing factors on CO conversion and on the selectivity of the formation of different hydrocarbon products in the reaction conditions was performed and compared to assess optimum operating conditions. In terms of FTS results, the increase of reaction temperatures led to increase of CO conversion and light hydrocarbon, while higher H2/CO ratio has strongly influenced to increase the selectivity to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons and chain growth probability (α). Moreover, our catalyst was also markedly found to maintain selectivity to diesel faction for a wide range of H2/CO molar feed ratios from BTL application.
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Hunpinyo, P., Narataruksa, P., Pana-Suppamassadu, K., Tungkamani, S., Chollacoop, N., Sukkathanyawat, H. (2013). Effect of Reaction Conditions on the Catalytic Performance of Ruthenium Supported Alumina Catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. In: Hakansson, A., Höjer, M., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Sustainability in Energy and Buildings. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36645-1_23
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