Patent · US Active

Apparatus and method for conducting a fischer-tropsch synthesis reaction

US9278891B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

11References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

GTL.F1 AG · CH

Inventors

Pal Soraker · Trondheim, NO
Manfred Ruppel · Dietzenbach, DE
Dag Schanke · Trondheim, NO
Matthias Wagner · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 2009
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC10G2/344
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A system for a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using a three-phase reactor in which a primary filter removes coarse catalyst particles from the product and in which catalyst fines are removed in a secondary filter. Some or all portion of the product wax from the secondary filter can be recycled back to the reactor, either as a back flush medium for the primary filter or directly to the slurry in the reactor, whereby removal of catalyst fines is rendered independent of the rate of wax production.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.