WATER ADDITION FOR INCREASED CO/H2 HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS ACTIVITY OVER CATALYSTS COMPRISING RHENIUM PROMOTED COBALT ON TITANIA

摘要

The addition of water into a Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon synthesis reaction zone employing a catalyst comprising promoted or unpromoted cobalt supported on titania results in increased CO conversion and C5+ hydrocarbon production and a decrease in methane production. A preferred promoter is rhenium.