Patent ID: 7772291
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: C10G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A process for producing liquid and, optionally, gaseous products from gaseous reactants, the process comprising: feeding at a low level a gaseous reactants feed, including at least CO and H optionally, feeding a recycle gas stream into the slurry bed; allowing the gaseous reactants and any recycled gas to react with a per pass CO plus H allowing any gaseous product and unreacted gaseous reactants and any unreacted recycled gas to disengage from the slurry bed as gaseous components into a head space above the slurry bed; withdrawing the gaseous components from the head space; withdrawing liquid phase from the slurry bed, to maintain the slurry bed at a desired level; and optionally, recycling some of the gaseous components from the head space to provide the recycle gas stream.