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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Institut Francais du Petrole, , FR;
AGIP Petroli S.p.A., , IT;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
518700 ;
Abstract
A process for the synthesis of essentially linear saturated C.sub.5.sup.+ hydrocarbons from a gas phase comprising synthesis gas is described. The process comprises circulation of an inert liquid phase and said gas phase in a reaction zone, in which the reaction zone is provided with at least one means for introducing gas and liquid phases, and at least one means for extracting the hydrocarbon phase formed by the Fischer-Tropsch reaction, and characterized in that the reaction zone comprises at least one mixing means. Preferably, at least one mixing means is a static mixer. An apparatus for carrying out the described process is also described.