SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING CATALYST

• Main Authors: KENTAROU MORITA, YASUHIRO ONISHI, YUZURU KATO, EIICHI YAMADA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.03.2017
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; 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; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

A SYSTEM (81) FOR CATALYST SEPARATION IN WHICH SOLID CATALYST PARTICLES ARE SEPARATED FROM A HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIZED BY THE CHEMICAL REACTION OF SYNTHESIS GAS COMPRISING HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE AS MAJOR COMPONENTS WITH A SLURRY OBTAINED BY SUSPENDING THE CATALYST PARTICLES IN A LIQUID. THE SYSTEM (81) COMPRISES: A REACTOR (30); A STORAGE TANK (85) IN WHICH A SLURRY DISCHARGED FROM THE REACTOR (30) IS STORED; MULTIPLE FILTERS (104, 113) THROUGH WHICH THIS SLURRY IS FILTERED; AND A FILTRATE RESERVOIR IN WHICH A FILTRATE PASSED THROUGH THE MULTIPLE FILTERS IS COLLECTED, THE MULTIPLE FILTERS (104, 113) HAVING BEEN SERIALLY DISPOSED IN A SLURRY PASSAGEWAY LEADING FROM THE STORAGE TANK (85) TO THE FILTRATE RESERVOIR. (FIG. 2)