Hydrocarbon production apparatus and hydrocarbon production process
US9421509B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G2300/4031
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The hydrocarbon production apparatus is provided with a gas-liquid separator for cooling gaseous state hydrocarbons drawn out from a gas phase portion of a reactor for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction and liquefying a portion of the hydrocarbons. A light liquid hydrocarbon supply line for supplying light hydrocarbons is disposed between a downstream side line which is downstream from the last stage of a gas-liquid separating unit of the gas-liquid separator, and an upstream side line which is upstream from the last stage of the gas-liquid separating unit of the gas-liquid separator, wherein the downstream side line is a liquid hydrocarbon line on the downstream side through which the light hydrocarbons having cloud points lower than the temperature at an outlet of a cooler in the last stage of the gas-liquid separating unit are flowed.
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