New mechanism insight for the hydrogenation of CO/CO2 gas mixtures to hydrocarbons over iron-based catalyst

Sandeep Badoga; Michela Martinelli; Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani; Young Koh; Wilson D. Shafer

doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106284

New mechanism insight for the hydrogenation of CO/CO₂ gas mixtures to hydrocarbons over iron-based catalyst

Sandeep Badoga
, Michela Martinelli
, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani
, Young Koh
, Wilson D. Shafer

Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)

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Abstract

Iron-based catalysts are the most suitable candidates for converting CO₂ or CO₂-rich syngas to hydrocarbons. However, several issues about the mechanism of CO₂ hydrogenation are still unclear. In this work, we investigated the performance of an iron-based catalyst with H₂/CO₂, H₂/CO/N₂ and H₂/CO/¹³CO₂/N₂ gas mixtures at the same process conditions (T = 270°C, P = 175 psi and SV = 3 NL/h/g_cat). The CO₂ hydrogenation rate was much lower than that observed for CO hydrogenation. ¹³CO₂ tracer experiments indicated that CO₂ is hydrogenated to hydrocarbons via the reverse water-gas shift even when present in small concentration (1.8 vol%). ¹³C enrichment was observed in both CO and C₁-C₄ hydrocarbons.

Original language	English
Article number	106284
Journal	Catalysis Communications
Volume	152
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106284
State	Published - Apr 2021

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Keywords

C-labelled CO
CO hydrogenation
CO-rich syngas
Fischer-Tropsch
FTS mechanism
Iron catalyst

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Catalysis
General Chemistry
Process Chemistry and Technology

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