Catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis having excellent heat transfer capability (Korea Research Institute Of Chemical Technology)

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Catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis having excellent heat transfer capability (Korea Research Institute Of Chemical Technology)

Type	Patent
Inventor	Kyoung Su Ha
Inventor	Joo Young CHEON
URL	Free Full Text Source:  http://www.google.com/patents/US9012352
Assignee	Korea Research Institute Of Chemical Technology
Patent Number	US9012352 B2
Issue Date	Apr 21, 2015
Abstract	The present invention relates to a catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis which has excellent heat transfer capability. This catalyst contains (1) central core particle or particles made of a heat transfer material (HTM) selected from the group consisting of a metal, a metal oxide, a ceramic, and a mixture thereof; and (2) outer particle layer which surrounds the central core particles and is attached to the surfaces of the central core particles by a binder material layer. The outer particle layer has a support and catalyst particles in a powder form containing metal particles disposed on the support. The catalyst having such a dual particle structure shows excellent heat transfer capability and, thus, exhibits high selectivity to a target hydrocarbon. Therefore, the catalyst of the present invention is useful in a fixed-bed reactor for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis for producing hydrocarbons from synthetic gas.