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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Gerrit Leendert Bezemer, Amsterdam, NL;
Stephen Nkrumah, Amsterdam, NL;
Thomas Joris Remans, Amsterdam, NL;
Gerrit Leendert Bezemer, Amsterdam, NL;
Stephen Nkrumah, Amsterdam, NL;
Thomas Joris Remans, Amsterdam, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for regenerating a fixed bed of Fischer-Tropsch catalyst particles, of which at least 40 wt % of the catalyst particles have a size of at least 1 mm, in situ in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor tube. The process comprises the steps of: (i) optionally oxidizing the catalyst at a temperature between 200 and 400° C.; (ii) oxidizing the catalyst at a temperature above 580° C. and below 670° C.; and (iii) reducing the catalyst with hydrogen or a hydrogen comprising gas. This process may be preceded by a step in which Fischer-Tropsch product is removed from the catalyst.