Patent ID: 8278363

Claim:
A method of converting synthesis gas into Fischer-Tropsch products, comprising: a. charging synthesis gas to a reactor comprising a shell, having an inlet nozzle near one end for receiving synthesis gas and an outlet nozzle near the opposite end for discharging products, with a plurality of heat transfer tubes inside the shell, having associated therewith means to pass heat transfer fluids through the inside of said heat transfer tubes to remove heat, and whereby the outside surfaces of said tubes have fins and a layer of cobalt containing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst on said tube outside surfaces and said fins, b. converting exothermically on said catalyst layer at least a portion of said synthesis gas to produce heat and Fischer-Tropsch products, c. removing heat from said catalyst layer by passage of a heat transfer fluid through the inside of said tubes, and d. recovering Fischer-Tropsch products from said reactor.