Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Rytter, Erling"
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A gas to liquid Fischer-Tropsch process integrated with Solar Thermal Water Split - Techno-Economical Feasibility
Emhjellen, Morten Thomas (Master thesis, 2016)Hydrocarbons are used in many products, and are the primary energy source for current civilizations, mainly as combustible fuel. There is a rapidly growing demand for environmentally friendly and renewable energy sources ... -
Activation of Cobalt Foil Catalysts for CO Hydrogenation
Rytter, Erling; Aaserud, Christian; Hilmen, Anne-Mette; Bergene, Edvard; Holmen, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)CO hydrogenation has been studied on cobalt foils as model catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch (FT) synthesis. The effect of pretreatment (number of calcinations and different reduction times) for cobalt foil catalysts at 220 ... -
Boosting carbon efficiency of the biomass to liquid process with hydrogen from power: The effect of H2/CO ratio to the Fischer-Tropsch reactors on the production and power consumption
Ostadi, Mohammad; Rytter, Erling; Hillestad, Magne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Carbon efficiency of a biomass to liquid process can be increased from ca. 30 to more than 90% by adding hydrogen generated from renewable power. The main reason is that in order to increase the H2/CO ratio after gasification ... -
Capturing metal-support interactions in situ during the reduction of a Re promoted Co/γ-Al2O3 catalyst
Tsakoumis, Nikolaos; Johnsen, Rune E.; van Beek, Wouter; Rønning, Magnus; Rytter, Erling; Holmen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The reduction of a Re promoted Co/γ-Al2O3 catalyst was monitored in situ by synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) under H2 environment. Whole powder pattern analysis revealed a non-linear expansion of the unit cell ... -
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) for enhanced oil production from shales
Hussain, Aqeel (Master thesis, 2014)The shale gas production has brought a revolution in US energy market and the global prospect of shale gas production is on continuous increase. The advancements in hydraulic fracturing made it possible to extract very low ... -
Conceptual design and techno-economic analysis of biomass to liquid processes
Pandey, Umesh; Putta, Koteswara Rao; Rout, Kumar Ranjan; Rytter, Erling; Blekkan, Edd Anders; Hillestad, Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Advanced biofuels are produced by upgrading the syncrude from biomass gasification and subsequent Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis. The technology is termed biomass to liquid process (BtL) and can be categorized into ... -
Correlation of Catalyst Morphology with Attrition Resistance and Catalytic Activity of Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts
Fiske, Thomas Haukli (Master thesis, 2013)Three alumina based support materials for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) catalyst has been prepared and investigated. The three support materials were prepared in order to obtain different mechanical strengths, ... -
Evaluation of Reoxidation Thresholds for γ-Al2O3-Supported Cobalt Catalysts under Fischer - Tropsch Synthesis Conditions
Tsakoumis, Nikolaos; Walmsley, John; Rønning, Magnus; van Beek, Wouter; Rytter, Erling; Holmen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Size-dependent phenomena at the nanoscale influence many applications, notably in the science of heterogeneous catalysis. In cobalt-based Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS), the size of Co nanoparticles (NPs) dictates to a ... -
Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for Jet Fuel Production
Casalegno Garduño, Mario Ernesto (Master thesis, 2014)Diverse β-zeolite and β-zeolite/Fischer Tropsch catalysts were prepared under hydrothermal conditions to obtain a tailored jet fuel catalyst. The Fischer Tropsch catalyst that was employed is cobalt-based and it was provided ... -
Fischer-Tropsch reaction kinetics: Mathematical modeling and model fitting
Runningen, Anders (Master thesis, 2019)I denne masteroppgaven er en matematisk modell for Fischer-Tropsch syntesen foreslått. Modellen inkluderer effektene av vann på reaksjonskinetikk, selektiviteter, og deaktivering av katalysator. Modellen er basert på ... -
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over an alumina-supported cobalt catalyst in a fixed bed reactor – Effect of process parameters
Gavrilovic, Ljubisa; Jørgensen, Erik Andreas; Pandey, Umesh; Putta, Koteswara Rao; Rout, Kumar Ranjan; Rytter, Erling; Hillestad, Magne; Blekkan, Edd Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Fischer-Tropsch synthesis has been investigated over a commercial type cobalt-based catalyst (20 %Co/0.5 %Re/γ-Al2O3) by varying the H2/CO ratio (2.55–1.12), CO conversion (15–75 %), reaction temperature (210 °C, 230 °C), ... -
Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis at High Conversions on Al2O3-Supported Co Catalysts with Different H2/CO Levels
Lillebø, Andreas Helland; Rytter, Erling; Blekkan, Edd Anders; Holmen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Fischer-Tropsch experiments with different H2/CO ratios at high CO conversions have been carried out over an alumina-supported 20wt%Co-0.5wt%Re catalyst in a stainless steel fixed-bed reactor at 210 oC and 20 bar and with ... -
Green River Kerogen Product Distribution Analysis: The Influence of Pyrolysis and Catalytic Reactions with Hydrogen-Donor Solvent
Meyer, Marthe (Master thesis, 2016)The increase in global energy consumption of petroleum, which is estimated to even surge to ca. 37% by 2035, requires substitutes from other unconventional sources of oil and gas. Utilization of oil shale by technology and ... -
Hydrophobic Catalyst Support Surfaces by Silylation of γ-Alumina for Co/Re Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Rytter, Erling; Salman, Ata ul Rauf; Tsakoumis, Nikolaos; Myrstad, Rune; Yang, Jia; Lögdberg, Sara; Holmen, Anders; Rønning, Magnus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Eight different silanes with chloro or methoxy active ligands have been examined to modify the surface of a standard γ-alumina support to investigate the effect of surface acidity and hydrophobicity in Fischer-Tropsch ... -
Improving carbon efficiency and profitability of the biomass to liquid process with hydrogen from renewable power
Hillestad, Magne; Ostadi, Mohammad; del Alamo Serrano, Gonzalo; Rytter, Erling; Austbø, Bjørn; Pharoah, Jon; Burheim, Odne Stokke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A process where power and biomass are converted to Fischer-Tropsch liquid fuels (PBtL) is compared to a conventional Biomass-to-Liquid (BtL) process concept. Based on detailed process models, it is demonstrated that the ... -
Influence of temperature during pyrolysis of Fe-alginate: Unraveling the pathway towards highly active Fe/C catalysts
Tafjord, Joakim; Regli, Samuel K.; Dugulan, Achim Iulian; Rønning, Magnus; Rytter, Erling; Holmen, Anders; Myrstad, Rune; Yang, Jia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Transition metals supported on carbons play an important role in catalysis and energy storage. By pyrolysis of metal alginate, highly active catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) can be produced. However, the ... -
Integration of Renewable Production of Hydrogen in Current Biomass-to-Liquid Biofuels Production Systems
Samuelsen, Eirik (Master thesis, 2017)This report focuses on the production of hydrocarbons in a biomass to liquid (BtL) process with integration of hydrogen production. The hydrogen will be produced from high temperature electrolysis of steam utilizing excess ... -
Modeling Fischer–Tropsch kinetics and product distribution over a cobalt catalyst
Pandey, Umesh; Runningen, Anders; Gavrilovic, Ljubisa; Jørgensen, Erik Andreas; Putta, Koteswara Rao; Rout, Kumar Ranjan; Rytter, Erling; Blekkan, Edd Anders; Hillestad, Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)A detailed kinetic model describing the consumption of key components and productdistribution in the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) over a 20%Co/0.5Re γ-Al2O3commercial catalyst is developed. The developed model incorporates ... -
Multifunctional proppants for enhanced oil production from shales
Hemminghytt, Thomas Støme (Master thesis, 2015)The purpose of the work, which has been done during this thesis, has been to give a better basis for future research on the subject. The subject is functionalizing proppants and testing of these functions. The experimental ... -
Nanostructural Analysis of Co-Re/γ-Al2O3 Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst by TEM and XRD
Dehghan-Niri, Roya; Tsakoumis, Nikolaos E.; Voronov, Alexey; Holmen, Anders; Holmestad, Randi; Vullum, Per Erik; Borg, Øyvind; Rytter, Erling; Rønning, Magnus; Walmsley, John (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)A rhenium promoted Fischer-Tropsch (FT) cobalt catalyst supported on γ-Al2O3 has been investigated by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD), before and after reduction. Electron diffraction, ...