relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/3204/
title: Effect of niobium promoter on iron-based catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch reaction
creator: Ali, S.
creator: Zabidi, N.A.M.
creator: Subbarao, D.
description: Niobium-promoted Fe/CNTs catalysts were prepared using a wet impregnation method. Samples were characterized by nitrogen adsorption, H2-TPR, TPD, XRD and TEM. The Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) was carried out in a fixed-bed microreactor at 220°C, 1 atm and H2/CO=2 for 5 h. Addition of niobium into Fe/CNTs increased the dispersion, decreased the average size of iron oxide nanoparticles and the catalyst reducibility. Niobium-promoted Fe catalyst resulted in appreciable increase in the selectivity of C5+ hydrocarbons and suppressed methane formation. These effects were more pronounced for the 0.04Nb/Fe/CNTs catalyst, compared to those observed from other niobium compositions. The 0.04Nb/Fe/CNTs catalyst enhanced the C5+ hydrocarbons selectivity by a factor of 67.5 and reduced the methane selectivity by a factor of 59.2.
publisher: Science Press
date: 2012
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Ali, S. and Zabidi, N.A.M. and Subbarao, D.  (2012) Effect of niobium promoter on iron-based catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch reaction.  Ranliao Huaxue Xuebao/Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 40 (1).  pp. 48-53.  ISSN 2097213X     
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