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Vol.5 , No. 1, Publication Date: Jan. 4, 2018, Page: 1-7
 is a catalytic process that can be used to produce hydrocarbons, oxygenates and H<sub>2</sub>O among other products from synthesis gas, which can be derived from natural gas, coal, or biomass. It is a key component in Gas-to-Liquid (GTL), Biomass-to-Liquid (BTL) and Coal-to-Liquid (CTL) technology. The goal of the proposed work described in this Final Report was to show the distribution of the major product (hydrocarbon) with carbon number ranging from 1-37 assuming ideal kinetics of Anderson-Schulz-Flory (ASF) distribution model. The distributions of FT hydrocarbon product have best been described by Anderson-Schulz-Flory distribution model. The formation of long chain hydrocarbon product will depend on increasing chain growth probability and that the maximum selectivity of gasoline and diesel range products were 46% and 29% respectively. The selectivity of FT products as described by Anderson-Schulz–Flory (ASF) distribution model is a one parameter factor and does not correspond to the distribution for all ranges of hydrocarbon products as deviations has been reported in literatures for hydrocarbon product yield of C<sub>1</sub>, C<sub>2</sub> and products with high molecular weight.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/905.jpg)
| [1] | Innocent Oseribho Oboh, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria. |
| [2] | Okechukwu Raphael Amaraegbu, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria. |
Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) is a catalytic process that can be used to produce hydrocarbons, oxygenates and H2O among other products from synthesis gas, which can be derived from natural gas, coal, or biomass. It is a key component in Gas-to-Liquid (GTL), Biomass-to-Liquid (BTL) and Coal-to-Liquid (CTL) technology. The goal of the proposed work described in this Final Report was to show the distribution of the major product (hydrocarbon) with carbon number ranging from 1-37 assuming ideal kinetics of Anderson-Schulz-Flory (ASF) distribution model. The distributions of FT hydrocarbon product have best been described by Anderson-Schulz-Flory distribution model. The formation of long chain hydrocarbon product will depend on increasing chain growth probability and that the maximum selectivity of gasoline and diesel range products were 46% and 29% respectively. The selectivity of FT products as described by Anderson-Schulz–Flory (ASF) distribution model is a one parameter factor and does not correspond to the distribution for all ranges of hydrocarbon products as deviations has been reported in literatures for hydrocarbon product yield of C1, C2 and products with high molecular weight.
Keywords
Synthetic Gas, Hydrocarbon, Synthesis, Chain Growth, Catalysts
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