Heterogeneous catalytic process for alcohol fuels from syngas. Ninth quarterly technical progress report, January 1994--March 1994

摘要

The principal objectives of this project are to discover and evaluate novel heterogeneous catalysts for conversion of syngas to oxygenates having use as fuel enhancers, to explore novel reactor and process concepts applicable in this process, and to develop the best total process for converting syngas to liquid fuels. The current targets for isobutanol-producing catalysts are to produce an equimolar mixture of methanol and isobutanol with a productivity for isobutanol of > 50 g/Kg-hr. The authors have continued to test their most promising isoalcohol catalyst (a promoted Zn/Cr/Mn spinel oxide). Using temperature and space velocity traverses, they have looked at the effect of conversion on catalyst performance.