Comparison of Cobalt Based Catalysts Supported on MWCNT and SBA-15 Supporters for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis by Using Autoclave Type Reactor

• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.364.70
• Publication Date: 2011-10-27T12:14:11Z
• Authors: Adkham Yakubov; M.G. Kutty; Pei Lee Siew; Maizatul S. Shaharun; S.B. Abd Hamid; Vladimir Piven
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 7. Clean energy

10 and 40 wt% Co/Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT) and 10 and 40 wt% Co/Santa Barbara Amorphous-15 (SBA-15) catalysts were prepared via incipient wetness impregnation method. It was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy, BET, X-ray Diffractometry (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Temperature-Programmed Reduction and H2 Desorption. A 200 ml hastelloy autoclave reactor was implemented to see the performance of the catalysts. It was observed that the performance of 40 wt% Co/SBA-15 was higher that other catalysts in terms of production of longer chain paraffins.