Hydrocarbon synthesis apparatus

• Main Authors: KATO YUZURU, ONISHI YASUHIRO, YAMADA EIICHI, MURAHASHI KAZUKI, MURATA ATSUSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.11.2015
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLIDMATERIALS OR FLUIDS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROMSOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATICTABLES OR JIGS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS; SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATICTABLES OR JIGS; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

This hydrocarbon synthesis apparatus is provided with: a reactor for bringing a syngas which comprises carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen gas as main components into contact with a slurry obtained by suspending a solid catalyst in a liquid hydrocarbon compound, and thus synthesizing liquid hydrocarbon compounds by a Fischer-Tropsch process; a filter which is provided in the reactor and which separates the liquid hydrocarbon compounds from the catalyst; and a pulverized catalyst particles discharging means for discharging pulverized catalyst particles to the outside of the reactor, said pulverized catalyst particles being formed by pulverization of the solid catalyst contained in the slurry.