FIELD: catalyst preparation methods.
SUBSTANCE: invention provides Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, which consists essentially of cobalt oxide deposited on inert carrier essentially composed of alumina, said cobalt oxide being consisted essentially of crystals with average particle size between 20 and 80 Å. Catalyst preparation procedure comprises following stages: (i) preparing alumina-supported intermediate compound having general formula I: [Co2+ 1-xAl+3 x(OH)2]x+[An- x/n]·mH2O (I), wherein x ranges from 0.2 to 0.4, preferably from 0.25 to 0.35; A represents anion; x/n number of anions required to neutralize positive charge; and m ranges from 0 to 6 and preferably is equal to 4; (ii) calcining intermediate compound I to form crystalline cobalt oxide. Invention also described a Fischer-Tropsch process for production of paraffin hydrocarbons in presence of above-defined catalyst.
EFFECT: optimized catalyst composition.
16 cl, 12 tbl, 2 ex
