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    Synthesis and Characterization of Co/C and Fe/C Nanocatalysts for Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis: A Comparative Study Using a Fixed-Bed Reactor
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    † Department of Chemical & Biotechnological Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1
    ‡ Department of Chemical & Biotechnological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A9
    § Canadian Light Source Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 2 V3
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    Production of Fischer–Tropsch catalysts is challenging because it involves controlling and optimizing multiple parameters in numerous technical steps. Here, we present C-supported nanometric Fe and Co catalysts synthesized by plasma spraying, a method that contracts catalyst production into a single step, in contrast to traditional multistep catalyst production by precipitation or impregnation. The catalysts were reduced in situ and then tested for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis in a gas–solid fixed-bed reactor at 230 °C and 30-bar pressure for 24 h. The performance of plasma-synthesized catalysts was superior at a gas hourly space velocity of 6,000 mL·gcat–1·h–1, with Fe/C catalysts showing about 30% CO conversion per pass while Co/C catalysts yielded about 20% CO conversion. Identical C-supported Co and Fe catalysts prepared by impregnation or precipitation gave CO conversions of about 7% under similar reaction conditions.

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    • Temperature profile determining thermocouple depth in the reactor; BET adsorption–desorption isotherms of the fresh CNFs, acid-treated CNFs, and the CNF-supported catalysts as well as the plasma-derived catalysts; Optimization process in catalyst synthesis: plasma-spray method compared to traditional techniques; Summary of catalyst activity comparing the mass of FTS products formed and the % CO conversion (plotted in Figure 5); Raw data for catalyst selectivity (%) toward various FTS products (plotted as Figures 7 and 8); Atomic composition on the surface of plasma-synthesized catalysts by XPS; Summary of possible Co and Fe species in catalyst samples as identified by various analytical techniques (PDF)

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