Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company

Daniel Ray Neskora

Charles John Mart

Richard Henry Schlosberg

William C Behrmann

Stephen C Leviness

Stephen J Hsia

Fresh catalyst particles are added to a slurry hydrocarbon synthesis reactor and their activity increased by contact with hydrogen in-situ in the slurry in a catalyst activity increasing means, while the reactor is producing hydrocarbons. The means may be a simple, vertically oriented and hollow tube, open at the top and bottom, into which slurry and a hydrogen treat gas are passed. The treat gas acts as a lift gas which provides slurry circulation into and out of the means and back into the slurry body, while increasing the activity of the catalyst particles. During the activity increase of the fresh catalyst, partially and reversibly activated catalyst particles are rejuvenated. The activity increasing means may be inside the reactor and at least partially immersed in the slurry or external of the reactor, or both.

Slurry hydrocarbon synthesis with fresh catalyst activity increase during hydrocarbon production

A slurry catalytic hydrocarbon synthesis process which employs a catalyst comprising a supported cobalt component achieves a short term catalyst half life of more than 10 days, by using a syngas feed which contains less than fifty parts per billion of a combined total amount of HCN and NH,.

Slurry hydrocarbon synthesis process with increased catalyst life

Disclosed is a method for enhancing the conversion of carbonous materials, such as coal and oil shale. The method comprises converting the carbonous material in the presence of a vapor phase hydrogen donor material containing 1 or more hydrogen donor solvents wherein each donor material is characterized by: (a) a heterocyclic ring in which the heteroatom is nitrogen, (b) having at least one donatable hydrogen located on the heterocyclic ring, and (c) becoming more unsaturated and/or aromatic upon the loss of the donatable hydrogen(s). The conversion is performed at substantially atmospheric pressure, at an effective vapor residence time and at a temperature from about the boiling point of the hydrogen donor material to about 550.degree. C.

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