Abstract
A 10%Co/TiO2 catalyst has been synthesized by
incipient wetness impregnation method and tested in a fixedbed
reactor at 20 bar and various temperatures to assess the
effect of operating temperature on Fischer-Tropsch (FT)
reaction. Increasing the operating temperature (from 200oC -
220oC) led to an increase in methane and light product
selectivity but increased the CO conversion rate and the net
C5+ production rate. Apparent activation energy for CO
conversion and light alkanes (up to C4) formation has also been
estimated using Arrhenius plot.