Patent ID: 9453165
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B01J,C10G,C10L,C10M,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A process for converting a reactant composition comprising H 2 and CO to a product comprising at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon having at least about 5 carbon atoms, the process comprising: flowing the reactant composition through a microchannel reactor in contact with a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst to convert the reactant composition to the product, the catalyst comprising Co supported on a support, the microchannel reactor comprising a plurality of process microchannels containing the catalyst; transferring heat from the process microchannels to a heat exchanger; and removing the product from the microchannel reactor; the process producing at least about 0.5 gram of aliphatic hydrocarbon having at least about 5 carbon atoms per gram of catalyst per hour; the selectivity to methane in the product being less than about 25%; and flowing a regenerating fluid through the process microchannels in contact with the catalyst, wherein the residence time for the regenerating fluid in the process microchannels is from about 0.01 to about 1000 seconds.