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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Timothy Douglas Gamlin, Woking, GB;
Lawrence Trevor Hardy, Stockton on Tees, GB;
David Newton, Farnham, GB;
Timothy Douglas Gamlin, Woking, GB;
Lawrence Trevor Hardy, Stockton on Tees, GB;
David Newton, Farnham, GB;
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, London, GB;
Davy Process Technology Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
Process for the conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbons, at least a portion of which are liquid at ambient temperature and pressure, by contacting the synthesis gas at an elevated temperature and pressure with a suspension comprising a particulate Fischer-Tropsch catalyst suspended in a liquid medium, in a reactor system comprising at least one high shear mixing zone and a reactor vessel. The process comprises passing the suspension and synthesis gas through the high shear mixing zone(s) where the synthesis gas is broken down into gas bubbles and/or irregularly shaped gas voids; discharging suspension having gas bubbles and/or irregularly shaped gas voids dispersed therein from the high shear mixing zone(s) into the reactor vessel; and introducing a liquid coolant into the reactor system.