To provide a method capable of hydrogenating carbon monoxide at short contact time to produce liquid fuels at good conversion levels, low methane selectivities and good production rates.
The method comprises the step of passing a feed stream comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide into a reaction chamber containing a catalyst at a temperature of at least 200°C. Said catalyst comprises a supported Fischer-Tropsch catalytic metal selected from the group consisting of Co, Ru, Fe, Re, Os and combinations thereof. Further, the method comprises the steps of: transferring heat from said reaction chamber to a cooling chamber in thermal contact with a chamber wall of said reaction chamber (a thickness of the wall is 1.5 cm or less) at a sufficient rate such that, under steady-state conditions, the feed stream has a contact time of less than 2 seconds; and collecting a product stream. The method has a methane selectivity of less than 25%, a carbon monoxide conversion of greater than 25%, and a production rate comprising at least 1 milliliter per minute of liquid product and at least 1 liter per minute of gaseous hydrocarbon product when measured at 20°C and 1 atm.
VANDERWIEL DAVID P
TONKOVICH ANNA LEE Y
GAO YUFEI
BAKER EDDIE G
| JPH09131534A | 1997-05-20 | |||
| JPS59222428A | 1984-12-14 | |||
| JP2003512143A | 2003-04-02 | |||
| JPH09131534A | 1997-05-20 | |||
| JPS59222428A | 1984-12-14 | |||
| JP2003512143A | 2003-04-02 |
| WO1999015484A1 | 1999-04-01 | |||
| WO1999015484A1 | 1999-04-01 |
Yasushi Kobayashi
Shigeo Takeuchi
Osamu Yamamoto