Reaction Conditions
The water gas shift reaction is sensitive to temperature, with the tendency to shift towards reactants as temperature increases due to Le Chatelier's principle. In fuel-rich hydrocarbon combustion processes, the water gas reaction at equilibrium state is often employed as a means to provide estimates for molar concentrations of burnt gas constituents.
The process is often used in two stages, stage one a high-temperature shift (HTS) at 350 °C (662 °F) and stage two a low-temperature shift (LTS) at 190–210 °C (374–410 °F). Standard industrial catalysts for this process are iron oxide promoted with chromium oxide for the HTS step and copper on a mixed support composed of zinc oxide and aluminum oxide for the LTS step.
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