(1) Institut Français du Pétrole, I-4 Av. Bois Préau, BP 311, 92506 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France;(2) EHICS, 1, rue Blaise Pascal, BP 296, 67008 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Abstract:
Syngas reaction mechanism studies on cobalt based catalysts suggested that the CO dissociation step and the (alcohol and/or hydrocarbon) chain growth can be well mimicked by CO disproportionation and temperature programmed desorption (TPD) of acetaldehyde. Correlation between C2+ hydrocarbon selectivity and CO disproportionation on the one hand, C2+ alcohol selectivity and TPD after acetaldehyde adsorption on the other hand could be evidenced.