Patent ID: 9416324
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B01J,C10G

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing a catalyzed gas-liquid reaction, comprising: providing a first catalyst bed in a reactor, the reactor including an inner conduit that occupies a portion of the volume of the first catalyst bed and an outer gap between the first catalyst bed and a wall of the reactor, wherein the reactor further comprises a reactor effluent outlet which is fluidly connected to the first catalyst bed; exposing a downward axial flow of a hydrocarbon feedstock to a first catalyst located in the first catalyst bed in the presence of a reactive gas under effective processing conditions to produce a first liquid reaction effluent; and delivering at least a portion of the reactive gas flow into the first catalyst bed via the inner conduit as a radial flow and at least a portion of the reactive gas flows directly into the catalyst bed in a co-current manner with the feedstock, thereby contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock and the first catalyst in the first catalyst bed under first effective processing conditions; wherein at least about 50 vol % of the reactive gas flow exits the first catalyst bed by passing into the outer gap, and at least 50 vol % of the first liquid reaction effluent exits the reactor via the reactor effluent outlet.