Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080275144 | Method to Start a Process for Producing Hydrocarbons from Synthesis Gas - Method to start a steady state process for producing normally gaseous, normally liquid and optionally normally solid hydrocarbons from synthesis gas, which process comprises the steps of: (i) providing the synthesis gas; and (ii) catalytically converting the synthesis gas at an elevated temperature and a steady state total reactor pressure to obtain the normally gaseous, normally liquid and optionally normally solid hydrocarbons; the method comprising admixing the synthesis gas of step (i) with one or more inert gases to form an admixture stream prior to catalytically converting the synthesis gas in step (ii) at the steady state total reactor pressure and wherein as the activity of the catalyst converting the synthesis gas proceeds towards a steady state, the amount of inert gas(es) in the admixture stream is reduced. | 11-06-2008 |
20090143491 | PROCESS FOR STABILISING A CATALYST - The invention provides a process for modifying a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst or catalyst precursor, the process comprising the steps of: contacting a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst or catalyst precursor comprising a titania carrier with a compound having the general formula R | 06-04-2009 |
20090247393 | PROCESS FOR REGENERATING A CATALYST - 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 oxidising the catalyst at a temperature between 200 and 400° C.; (ii) oxidising 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. | 10-01-2009 |
20100004346 | FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST - A process for the preparation of a packed bed comprising an iron enriched cobalt catalyst for use in a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a packed bed with one or more catalyst particles comprising metallic cobalt; (b) contacting a part of the catalyst particle(s) in the packed bed with an iron containing compound. The process is preferably conducted in situ which conveniently results in an iron containing cobalt catalyst with a higher C | 01-07-2010 |
20100160462 | HIGH-SPEED STOP IN A FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS - A process for carrying out a high-speed stop in a Fischer-Tropsch process which comprises providing a feed comprising CO and H | 06-24-2010 |
20100184873 | MULTI STAGE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS FROM SYNGAS - The invention pertains to a multi-stage process for the production of hydrocarbons from syngas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which comprises the steps of: a) providing a fresh syngas feed to a first stage Fischer-Tropsch reactor and allowing CO and hydrogen to convert into hydrocarbon products at a temperature in the range from 125 to 400° C. and a pressure in the range from 5 to 150 bar absolute, and a gaseous hourly space velocity in the range from 500 to 10000 Nl/l/h; b) feeding the effluent from the first stage reactor to a separation unit; c) removing a gasous effluent stream comprising hydrogen and CO from the separation unit; d) removing one or more other streams comprising hydrocarbon and/or water from the separation unit; e) conveying a first portion of the gaseous effluent stream to a second stage Fischer-Tropsch reactor and allowing CO and hydrogen to convert into hydrocarbon products in the second stage Fischer-Tropsch reactor at a temperature in the range from 125 to 400° C. and a pressure in the range from 5 to 150 bar absolute, and a gaseous hourly space velocity in the range from 500 to 10000 Nl/l/h, whereby the first stage Fischer-Tropsch reactor and the second stage Fischer-Tropsch reactor are separate reactors; f) feeding the effluent from the second stage Fischer-Tropsch reactor to the separation unit; g) removing a second portion of the gaseous effluent stream as off-gas. | 07-22-2010 |
20100184874 | FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS - The present invention pertains to a Process for carrying out a high-speed stop in a Fischer-Tropsch process which comprises providing a feed comprising CO and H | 07-22-2010 |
20100184875 | HIGH-SPEED STOP IN FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS - The present invention pertains to a process for carrying out a high-speed stop in a Fischer-Tropsch process which comprises providing a feed to a fixed bed reactor comprising a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst, the reactor being at reaction temperature and pressure, and withdrawing an effluent from the reactor, wherein the high-speed stop is effected by blocking provision of feed to the reactor and simultaneously blocking the withdrawal of effluent from the reactor. | 07-22-2010 |
20110160318 | STACKED CATALYST BED FOR FISCHER-TROPSCH - The present invention pertains to a reactor tube comprising a fixed bed of Fischer-Tropsch catalyst particles, wherein the catalyst particles in 5% to 40% of the fixed bed volume at the upstream end have an average outer surface to volume ratio (S/V) in the range of between 3.0 to 4.5 mm | 06-30-2011 |
20130023594 | STACKED CATALYST BED FOR FISCHER-TROPSCH - The invention pertains to a reactor tube comprising a fixed bed of Fischer-Tropsch catalyst particles, wherein the catalyst particles in 5%-40% of the fixed bed volume at the upstream end have an average outer surface to volume ratio (S/V) of between 3.0 to 4.5 mm-1, and the remaining catalyst particles have an average S/V of between 4.5 to 8.0 mm-1, and wherein the difference between the average S/V of the particles at the upstream end and the remaining fixed bed volume is at least 0.5 mm-1. Additionally the fixed bed volume at the upstream end shows a full-bed apparent catalytic activity per volume unit lower than the full-bed apparent catalytic activity per volume unit in the remaining fixed bed volume and/or the weight of catalytically active metal per weight unit at the upstream end is more than 70% lower than in the remaining fixed bed volume. | 01-24-2013 |
20130165537 | STACKED CATALYST BED FOR FISCHER-TROPSCH - The present invention pertains to a reactor tube comprising a fixed bed of Fischer-Tropsch catalyst particles, wherein the catalyst particles in 5% to 40% of the fixed bed volume at the upstream end have an average outer surface to volume ratio (S/V) of between 3.0 to 4.5 mm | 06-27-2013 |