Improvement of the selectivity and rates for any given catalytic reaction

Over the recent decades, theories and experiments have been used by researchers and scholars to explain the concept of periodic operation in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (Ma, Ding, Yang, Liu, Lin 2005). In most of these studies, it has been showed that careful consideration of composition is likely to cause an improvement of the selectivity and rates for any given catalytic reaction with comparison to steady-state operations. The FT synthesis is very useful in the production of fuels from natural gas. In the modern days, the Fisher-Tropsch process has been improved following the introduction of an active catalyst that is based on high wax selectivity. For this reason, supported cobalt has become commonly used in the production of paraffin. This can be attributed to their comparative low price, low water-gas shift activity, high selectivity, and high activity