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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2003
Frederick Gideon Botes, Vanderbijlpark, ZA;
Tracy Carolyn Bromfield, Vanderbijlpark, ZA;
Philip Gibson, Sasolburg, ZA;
Rafael Luis Espinoza, Ponca City, OK (US);
Frederick Gideon Botes, Vanderbijlpark, ZA;
Tracy Carolyn Bromfield, Vanderbijlpark, ZA;
Philip Gibson, Sasolburg, ZA;
Rafael Luis Espinoza, Ponca City, OK (US);
Sasol Technology (Proprietary) Limited, Johannesburg, ZA;
Abstract
This invention relates to a hydrocarbon synthesis process comprising the conversion of a feed of Hand at least one carbon oxide to hydrocarbons containing at least 30% on a mass basis hydrocarbons with five or more carbon atoms. The conversion is carried out in the presence of an alkali-promoted iron hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst and an acidic catalyst suitable for converting hydrocarbons. The reaction mixture formed during the conversion contains less than 0.02 mol alkali per 100 g iron and the H:carbon oxide molar ration in the feed of Hand carbon oxide is at least 2.