Characteristics of carbon dioxide hydrogenation in a fluidized bed reactor

Characteristics of CO₂ hydrogenation were investigated in a fluidized bed reactor (0.052 m IDxl.5 m in height). Coprecipitated Fe-Cu-K-Al catalyst (d_ρ=75–90 Μm) was used as a fluidized solid phase. It was found that the CO₂ conversion decreases but the CO selectivity increases, whereas the space-time-yield attains maximum values with increasing gas velocity. The CO₂ conversion has increased, but CO selectivity has decreased with increasing hydrogenation temperature, pressure or H₂/CO₂ ratio in the fluidized bed reactor. Also, the CO, conversion and olefin selectivity appeared to be higher in the fluidized bed reactor than those of the fixed bed reactor. Presented at the Int’l Symp. on Chem. Eng. (Cheju, Feb. 8–10, 2001), dedicated to Prof. H. S. Chun on the occasion of his retirement from Korea University