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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2002
Ari Minkkinen, Saint Nom la Breteche, FR;
Reynald Bonneau, Villeurbanne, FR;
Alexandre Rojey, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Ari Minkkinen, Saint Nom la Breteche, FR;
Reynald Bonneau, Villeurbanne, FR;
Alexandre Rojey, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil Malmaison Cedex, FR;
AGIP Petroli S.p.A., Rome, IT;
ENI S.p.A., Rome, IT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for converting a synthesis gas into liquid hydrocarbons used in at least two reactors that are arranged in series and that contain a catalytic suspension of at least one solid catalyst in suspension in a liquid phase, in which said reactors are essentially perfectly mixed, the last reactor is at least in part fed by at least a portion of at least one of the gaseous fractions that are collected at the outlet of at least one of the other reactors, at least one reactor is fed by a flow of catalytic suspension that is obtained directly from another reactor, and at least one flow of catalytic suspension that is obtained from a reactor is at least in part separated so as to obtain a liquid product that is essentially free of catalyst and a catalytic suspension that is high in catalyst, which is recycled.