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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1997
Dirk Coenraad Engel, Amsterdam, NL;
Geert Van Der Honing, Amsterdam, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for separating liquid from a slurry of solid particles and liquid contained in a vessel in the presence of a gas, which comprises degasifying the slurry and passing the degasified slurry through a cross-flow filter, and separating the degasified slurry into the liquid and a concentrated slurry. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of heavy hydrocarbons, which process comprises contacting a synthesis gas in a reactor vessel with a slurry of solid catalyst particles and a liquid, thereby producing heavy hydrocarbons, and separating the liquid containing heavy hydrocarbons from the slurry by the said method.