Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (2): 205-212.

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Effect of H2O Partial Pressure on Reduction Kinetics of Iron-Based Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst

WANG Hong1,2, YANG Yong1,*,WU Baoshan1, XU Jian1, WANG Hulin1,2, QING Ming1,2, XIANG Hongwei1, LI Yongwang1   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2010-02-25 Online:2010-02-25 Published:2013-09-02

Abstract: The increase of H2O partial pressure in H2 resulted in an obvious increase in the activation energy for reduction of the iron-based catalyst. The effect on the reduction of Fe3O4 to α-Fe was stronger than that on the reduction of α-Fe2O3 to Fe3O4.

Key words: water partial pressure, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, iron-based catalyst, reduction kinetics, apparent activation energy