Influence of Iron Nano Co-polymer Catalysts on the Liquid Hydrocarbons Production in the Synthesis Fischer Tropsch

Abstract

In this paper the synthesized composites were used in the Fischer - Tropsch reaction(FT) which compared the catalytic activity of catalysts based on Co-polymer (COP)such Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR)) and Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)) with catalysts. The COPS were supported within polypropylene (PP) in the system nano Fe-Paraffin-polymer. The behavior of Co-polymers gave significant effects in the creation of nano catalysts by stabilizing the nanoparticles, and producing new active sites for synthesized hydrocarbons from CO and H₂as sources of energy. Catalytic materials shows sensitivity and selectivity in the Fischer-Tropsch process with three phase slurry reactors. The greatest conversion of CO was obtained in 66%, which forming hydrocarbons liquid reach to 60g/m³for catalysts copolymer(SBR) , whilst using catalyst with PP reduce the conversion of CO to 50% which also forming 38g/m³ofhydrocarbons.  The iron nano particles were characterized by AFM technique and XRD in the polymer-paraffin matrix.

Keywords: Fischer-Tropsch (FT), Three phase slurry reactor, Polymers.