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| 20080310649 | Sound collector and sound recorder - A sound collector includes a first microphone unit and a second microphone unit having a single directivity and being pivotally supported in a manner that directions of directional axes of the units are changeable in an identical flat plane and a switch to be controlled in conjunction with the rotations of the first and the second microphone units. Output signals of the first and the second microphone units are outputted with channels of the signals being exchanged or non-exchanged by the switch in accordance with an angle formed by the directional axes. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100242594 | BUBBLE COLUMN TYPE HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS REACTOR, AND SLURRY LEVEL DETECTING METHOD - There is provided a bubble column type hydrocarbon synthesis reactor which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide as main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in liquid. The hydrocarbon synthesis reactor includes a reactor main body which accommodates the slurry, a synthesis gas supplying section which supplies the synthesis gas to the slurry; one pressure sensor which is arranged higher than the liquid level of the slurry to measure the pressure of the synthesis gas above the liquid level, another pressure sensor which is arranged lower than the liquid level of the slurry to measure the pressure of the slurry, and a liquid level detecting device which detects a liquid level position of the slurry on the basis of measurement results of the pressure sensors. A plurality of the other pressure sensors are provided at arbitrary intervals in an axial direction of the reactor main body. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100247392 | BUBBLE COLUMN TYPE HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS REACATOR, AND HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS REACTION SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - There is provided a bubble column type hydrocarbon synthesis reactor which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide as main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in liquid. The hydrocarbon synthesis reactor includes a reactor main body which accommodates the slurry, a synthesis gas supplying section which supplies the synthesis gas to the slurry, and an introducing portion which introduces a cooling fluid having a lower temperature than the slurry into the reactor main body. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110039957 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING CONTENTS FROM THE INSIDE OF A REACTOR KEPT AT HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE, AND SYNTHESIS REACTION SYSTEM OF HYDROCARBON COMPOUND - A method of extracting the contents from the inside of a reactor kept at high temperature and high pressure includes the steps of introducing the contents of the reactor into a pipe having an internal space which communicates with the reactor, closing the pipe to enclose the contents in the internal space, removing unnecessary gas from the internal space, and supplying an inert gas to the internal space, thereby replacing the contents enclosed in the internal space with the inert gas. The contents are discharged from the internal space by replacing the contents enclosed in the internal space with the inert gas. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110044859 | SYNTHESIS REACTION SYSTEM FOR HYDROCARBON COMPOUND, AND METHOD OF REMOVING POWDERED CATALYST PARTICLES - A synthesis reaction system is provided with: a reactor which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide as main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in liquid; a separator which separates the hydrocarbon compound from the slurry; and a filtering device which filters the hydrocarbon compound extracted from the separator to trap powdered catalyst particles. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110190403 | Hydrocarbon compound synthesis reaction unit and operating method thereof - A hydrocarbon compound synthesis reaction unit which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including a hydrogen and a carbon monoxide as the main components, and a slurry having a solid catalyst suspended in liquid hydrocarbons, the hydrocarbon compound synthesis reaction unit is provided with: a reactor which contains the slurry inside, into which the synthesis gas is introduced, and from which the gas after the reaction is discharged from the top thereof; an internal separation device provided inside the reactor to separate the catalyst and the synthesized liquid hydrocarbons in the slurry; and an external separation device provided outside the reactor to separate the catalyst and the liquid hydrocarbons in the slurry which is extracted from the reactor. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110196048 | Hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus, hydrocarbon synthesis reaction system, and hydrocarbon synthesizing method - A hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including a hydrogen and a carbon monoxide as the main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid, the apparatus is provided with: a reactor in which the synthesis gas contacts with the slurry; and an unreacted gas supply device which draws unreacted gas from the reactor, then pressurizes the unreacted gas, and supplies the unreacted gas to a constituent device which constitutes the hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110200492 | Catalyst separation system - A catalyst separation system which separates catalyst particles from liquid hydrocarbons synthesized by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including a hydrogen and a carbon monoxide as the main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid, the catalyst separation system is provided with: a reactor; a storage tank which stores the slurry drawn from the reactor; a plurality of filters which filters the slurry; and a filtrate recovery vessel which recovers a filtrate which has passed through the plurality of filters, wherein the plurality of filters is disposed in series in a flow line for the slurry from the storage tank to the filtrate recovery vessel. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110201696 | Hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus, hydrocarbon synthesis reaction system, and hydrocarbon synthesizing method - A hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide as the main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid, the hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus is provided with: a reactor which contains the slurry; a synthesis gas introduction part which introduces the synthesis gas into the reactor; and a synthesis gas heating part which is provided in the synthesis gas introduction part to heat the synthesis gas introduced into the reactor to the decomposition temperature of carbonyl compounds or higher. | 08-18-2011 |
