Patent ID: 8455556
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: B01J,C10G

Abstract:
1. A process for the preparation of a packed bed comprising an iron enriched cobalt catalyst for use in a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a packed bed with one or more catalyst particles comprising metallic cobalt; (b) contacting a part of the catalyst particle(s) in the packed bed with an iron containing compound; wherein the part of the catalyst particle(s) which is contacted with an iron containing compound is located at the upstream end of the packed bed, and wherein 10 to 50% by weight of the catalyst particle(s), calculated on the total weight of catalyst particle(s) in the packed bed, are contacted with an iron containing compound, and wherein the iron containing compound is an iron carbonyl compound or a mixture of iron carbonyl compounds.