Patent ID: 6933324
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: B01J,C10G

Abstract:
1. A method for performing a Fischer-Tropsch process comprising the steps of: a. selecting a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst precursor, b. optionally reducing the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst precursor to form a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, and c. performing a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst precursor according to step a) or the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst according to step b), wherein the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst precursor comprises an iron-containing layered material selected from the group consisting of layered materials in which iron is present in the layered structure as divalent metal, iron-doped layered materials, calcined iron-doped layered materials, and calcined layered materials in which iron is present in the layered structure as divalent metal said layered material being selected from the group consisting of anionic clays, layered hydroxy salts, and cationic layered materials with a crystalline NH 4 —Me(II)-TM-O phase wherein Me(II) is a divalent metal and TM a transition metal.