Influence of Cu:Fe ratio in synthesis of higher alcohols from syngas over CuFeCoK/attapulgite catalysts

: Aho, Atte; Lind, Noora; Virtanen, Pasi; Mäki-Arvela, Päivi; Eränen, Kari; Granroth, Sari; Korpelin, Ville; Honkala, Karoliina; Russo, Vincenzo; Simakova, Irina; Murzin, Dmitry Yu.

Publisher: Elsevier

: 2024

: Applied Catalysis O: Open

: 206972

: 193

: 2950-6492

: 2950-6484

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcato.2024.206972

: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcato.2024.206972

: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457114949

Synthesis of higher alcohols from syngas (H2:CO ratio 2 and 1) was performed at 225–300 °C and 30 bar over copper, iron and cobalt containing catalysts supported on attapulgite and promoted with potassium. The Cu:Fe ratio was varied to study its influence on the syngas conversion and product distribution. It was found that while the copper rich catalyst 17Cu3FeCoK/attapulgite resulted in higher selectivity to the undesired alkanes with methane as the major one, the iron rich 3Cu17FeCoK/attapulgite was more selective towards alkenes. Selectivity to CO2 was independent on the Cu:Fe ratio tested in this work. With the higher H2:CO ratio (i.e. 2) selectivity to the liquid products increased with the increasing iron content. Moreover, a higher iron content in the catalyst improved formation of higher alcohols while the α-value reflecting the chain growth probability was more or less independent on the catalyst type.

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Funding from Business Finland through the SynJet project is greatly acknowledged.