A Study of Promoters Effect on Fe on Reduced Graphene Oxide Catalyst Performance in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis System

In this work the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction was catalyzed by reduced graphene oxide supported Fe nanoparticles catalysts in a fixed bed reactor. Also the influence of promotion by K and Mn on the catalytic activity of Fe nanoparticles was investigated. The systems showed acceptable CO conversions reaching as high as 96.2%. The selectivities of the C_1-5 ranged from 38 to 62%. There was a very high CO₂ selectivity which was explained by incomplete reduction of the catalysts. The Anderson-Schultz-Flory parameter was calculated and varied between 0.25 and 0.3. The strongest promoting effect was achieved by the K promoter which tended to reduce light product selectivities and CO₂ production the most.