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Characterization of catalyst materials for production of aerospace fuels (Document No: 20120000728)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | DeLaRee, Ana B. Hepp, Aloysius F. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Due to environmental, economic, and security issues, there is a greater need for cleaner alternative fuels. There will undoubtedly be a shift from crude oil to non-petroleum sources as a feedstock for aviation (and other transportation) fuels. Additionally, efforts are concentrated on reducing costs coupled with fuel production from non-conventional sources. One solution to this issue is Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquid technology. Fischer-Tropsch processing of synthesis gas (CO/H2) produces a complex product stream of paraffins, olefins, and oxygenated compounds such as alcohols and aldehydes. The Fisher-Tropsch process can produce a cleaner diesel oil fraction with a high cetane number (typically above 70) without any sulfur or aromatic compounds. This process is most commonly catalyzed by heterogeneous (in this case, silver and platinum) catalysts composed of cobalt supported on alumina or unsupported alloyed iron powders. Physisorption, chemisorptions, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) are described to better understand the potential performance of Fischer-Tropsch cobalt on alumina catalysts promoted with silver and platinum. The overall goal is to preferentially produce C8 to C18 paraffin compounds for use as aerospace fuels. Progress towards this goal will eventually be updated and achieved by a more thorough understanding of the characterization of catalyst materials. This work was supported by NASA s Subsonic Fixed Wing and In-situ Resource Utilization projects. |
| File Size | 1738022 |
| Page Count | 21 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120000728 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t71w0h748 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-07-31 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Propellants And Fuels Paraffins Sulfur Compounds Spectroscopy Fischer-tropsch Process Catalysts Metal Powder Aircraft Fuels Hydrogen Transportation Cost Reduction Diesel Fuels Synthesis Gas Alcohols Fuel Production Crude Oil Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Presentation |
