Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, catalysts and catalysis: advances and applications

Content: Chapter 1. Carbon-supported Co-Mn catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis / James S. Hayward, Sarwat Iqbal, Thomas E. Davies, Stuart H. Taylor, Jonathan K. Bartley, Khalid Karim, and Graham J. Hutchings --
chapter 2. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis : activity and selectivity of X-Fe[subscript 5]C[subscript 2] and [theta]-Fe[subscript 3]C carbides / Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Hussein H. Hamdeh, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D. Shafer, Dennis E. Sparks, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 3. Effect of ZnAl[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] morphologies on the catalytic performance of Co-based catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis / Junkun Yan, Ming Wu, Jingping Hong, Yuhua Zhang, and Jinlin Li --
chapter 4. Improving the accessibility of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst layers by insertion of transport pores / Henning Becker, Robert Güttel, and Thomas Turek --
chapter 5. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis : comparisons of SiO[subscript 2-] and SiC-supported Co catalysts prepared through aqueous impregnation and CVD methods / Damarcus D. Smiley, Victor Gloriot, Gary Jacobs, Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Uschi M. Graham, Wenping Ma, Wilson D. Shafer, Gerald A. Thomas, Shelley D. Hopps, Aimee Maclennan, Yongfeng Hu, Syed Khalid, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 6. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis : comparisons of Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3-] and TiO[subscript 2-] supported Co catalysts prepared by aqueous impregnation and CVD methods / Nicolas A. Hughes, Victor Gloriot, Damarcus D. Smiley, Gary Jacobs, Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Uschi M. Graham, Wenping Ma, Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Wilson D. Shafer, Aimee Maclennan, Yongfeng Hu, Syed Khalid, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 7. Principles of Olefin selectivity in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on iron and cobalt catalysts / Hans Schulz --
chapter 8. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis : effect of CO conversion on product selectivities during deactivation or by changing space velocity at stable conditions over unpromoted and Ru-promoted 25%Co/Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] catalysts / Wenping Ma, Uschi M. Graham, Gary Jacobs, Branislav Todic, Dragomir B. Bukur, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 9. Novel utilization of mesostructured cellular silica foams as support for cobalt catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis / Liang Wei, Yuhua Zhang, Yanxi Zhao, Chengchao Liu, Jingping Hong, and Jinlin Li --
chapter 10. Explanations of the formation of products during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over iron catalysts / Buchang Shi, Yunxin Liao, and Jennifer L. Naumovitz --
chapter 11. Mechanism of the Fischer-Tropsch process / Debanjan Chakrabarti, Vinay Prasad, and Arno de Klerk --
chapter 12. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on Co-based catalysts in a microchannel reactor : effect of temperature and pressure on selectivity and stability / Jia Yang, Sara Boullosa Eiras, Rune Myrstad, Hilde J. Venvik, Peter Pfeifer, and Anders Holmen --
chapter 13. Investigation of the partitioning of dissociated H[subscript 2] and D[subscript 2] on activated ruthenium catalysts / Wilson D. Shafer, Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Gary Jacobs, Jack Selegue, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 14. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis : impact of ammonia on alumina- and silica-supported cobalt catalysts activity / Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Gary Jacobs, Wenping Ma, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 15. Syngas conversion to higher alcohols : a comparative study of large-pore OMC- and MWCNT-supported KCoRhMoS[subscript 2] catalysts / Philip E. Boahene, Ramaswami Sammynaiken, and Ajay K. Dalai --
chapter 16. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis : activity and product selectivity of SiC-supported Ru catalysts / Venkat Ramana Rao Pendyala, Gary Jacobs, Uschi M. Graham, Jean-Samuel Poirier, Damarcus D. Smiley, Maria A. Morales, Wilson D. Shafer, Syed Khalid, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 17. Low-temperature water-gas shift : effects of Y and Na in high surface area Na-doped, YSZ-supported Pt catalysts / Michela Martinelli, Gary Jacobs, Uschi M. Graham, Wilson D. Shafer, Carlo G. Visconti, Luca Lietti, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 18. Low-temperature water-gas shift : comparative study of lanthanide oxide-supported Pt catalysts / Sarah S. Suggs, Chase P. Moran, Wilson D. Shafer, Adam C. Crawford, Gary Jacobs, Patricia M. Patterson, Syed Khalid, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 19. Probing the ability of KL-zeolite to provide single-file access of Hexane to Pt nanoclusters as a function of pressure / Wilson D. Shafer, Gary Jacobs, Gabriela Alvez, Ryan Snell, Xianghong Hao, and Burtron H. Davis --
chapter 20. Commercializing an advanced Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technology / Soumitra R. Deshmukh, Stephen C. LeViness, Heinz J. Robota, and Matthew Davis --
chapter 21. Small-scale Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids facilities / Arno de Klerk.