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Velocys Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis Technology—New Advances on State-of-the-Art

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Each process configuration for practicing the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) places particular demands on the catalyst to be used. We discuss how the Velocys microchannel reactor system used in conjunction with a unique Velocys catalyst prepared by the organic matrix combustion method results in a very stable, high performance FT synthesis system. With the very high heat removal capability of the microchannel structure, stable, single pass conversions near 80 % can be realized. Further, the catalysts are shown to be stable under these high conversion conditions even with exit ratios of H2O/H2 as high as 7–8. The slow loss of catalyst performance with time-on-stream can be completely reversed using an oxidative regeneration approach and this cycle can be applied to the catalyst numerous times without deleterious effect.

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  1. Velocys, Plain City, OH, USA

    Steve LeViness, Soumitra R. Deshmukh & Heinz J. Robota

  2. Velocys, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK

    Laura A. Richard

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LeViness, S., Deshmukh, S.R., Richard, L.A. et al. Velocys Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis Technology—New Advances on State-of-the-Art. Top Catal 57, 518–525 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-013-0208-x

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