Print Email Facebook Twitter Six-flow operations for catalyst development in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Bridging the gap between high-throughput experimentation and extensive product evaluation Title Six-flow operations for catalyst development in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Bridging the gap between high-throughput experimentation and extensive product evaluation Author Sartipi, S. Jansma, H. Bosma, D. Boshuizen, B. Makkee, M. Gascon, J. Kapteijn, F. Faculty Applied Sciences Department ChemE/Chemical Engineering Date 2013-12-04 Abstract Design and operation of a “six-flow fixed-bed microreactor” setup for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) is described. The unit consists of feed and mixing, flow division, reaction, separation, and analysis sections. The reactor system is made of five heating blocks with individual temperature controllers, assuring an identical isothermal zone of at least 10 cm along six fixed-bed microreactor inserts (4?mm inner diameter). Such a lab-scale setup allows running six experiments in parallel, under equal feed composition, reaction temperature, and conditions of separation and analysis equipment. It permits separate collection of wax and liquid samples (from each flow line), allowing operation with high productivities of C5+ hydrocarbons. The latter is crucial for a complete understanding of FTS product compositions and will represent an advantage over high-throughput setups with more than ten flows where such instrumental considerations lead to elevated equipment volume, cost, and operation complexity. The identical performance (of the six flows) under similar reaction conditions was assured by testing a same catalyst batch, loaded in all microreactors. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ed13fd2a-a0df-4877-8769-89bb09d4ac6e DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4834895 Publisher American Institute of Physics ISSN 0034-6748 Source https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4834895 Source Review of Scientific Instruments, 84 (12), 2013 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC Files PDF Sartipi_2013.pdf 1.71 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ed13fd2a-a0df-4877-8769-89bb09d4ac6e/datastream/OBJ/view