Institut Francais Du Pe'trole

Agip Petroli S.p.a.

Eni S.p.a. Division De Agip

Eni S.p.a.

Franck Gaviot-Blanc

Eric Lenglet

Jean-Marc Schweitzer

Vincenzo Piccolo

Giuseppe Belmonte

To facilitate operation of a facility for chemical conversion of a feed that comprises a reactor () containing a slurry constituted by at least one suspension of at least one solid in a liquid, a gas supply, and a circuit that is external of the reactor, for continuous movement of a slurry stream, wherein the external circuit withdraws slurry from the reactor from at least one point (A) and re-introduces at least a portion of the slurry at at least one other point (B), the facility is further provided with

Apparatus and process for optimising the circulation of a suspension in a facility comprising a three-phase reactor

Installation for chemical conversion of a feedstock by Fischer-Tropsch reaction comprising a reactor that contains a slurry constituted by at least one suspension of at least one solid in a liquid, a gas feed, a circuit, external to the reactor, of continuous circulation of a stream of slurry, whereby said slurry is drawn off at least one point (A) and reintroduced at least in part at least one other point (B), a section for separation of at least one slurry fluid that passes through said external circuit, whereby said installation also comprises: means allowing to shut down the circulation of said slurry in said circuit, means for introducing under pressure at least one fluid for purging the slurry that is contained in the circuit, and means allowing the circulation of the slurry in said external circuit under conditions such that the Reynolds number is greater than 2,500.

Device and process optimizing the circulation of a suspension in an installation comprising a Fischer-Tropsch reactor

Device and method for optimising the circulation of a suspension in a plant comprising a three-phase reactor

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