Chemistry: fischer-tropsch processes; or purification or recovery of products thereof inventions 06/08

20080146682 - Production of liquid and, optionally, gaseous products from gaseous reactants: A process for producing liquid and, optionally, gaseous products from gaseous reactants includes feeding at a low level gaseous reactants into a vertically extending slurry bed of solid particles suspended in a suspension liquid, the slurry bed being located around a plurality of vertically extending jacketed conduits each comprising an... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080146683 - Method of operating a fluid bed reactor: Method of operating a three-phase slurry reactor includes feeding at a low level at least one gaseous reactant into a vertically extending slurry body of solid particles suspended in a suspension liquid, the slurry body being contained in at least two vertically extending shafts housed within a common reactor shell,... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080146684 - Modified catalyst and use of this catalyst for the conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbons: The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of synthesis gas to hydrocarbons in the presence of a modified supported Fischer-Tropsch catalyst composition.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080139675 - Process for enhancing the operability of hot gas cleanup for the production of synthesis gas from steam-hydrogasification producer gas: A process for enhancing the operability of hot gas cleanup for the production of synthesis gas in which a stream of methane rich gas is autothermally reformed at a temperature and pressure sufficient to generate a stream of synthesis gas rich in hydrogen and carbon monoxide, the synthesis gas is... Agent: Berliner & Associates

20080139676 - Catalytically active composition for the selective methanation of carbon monoxide and method for producing said composition: p

20080132588 - Apparatus and methods for the production of ammonia and fischer-tropsch liquids: A gasification plant and methods for producing ammonia, Fischer-Tropsch fuels, electrical power, and/or sulfur from carbon-bearing feedstocks including coal and/or petroleum coke. Methods for production of desired relative amounts of ammonia and Fischer-Tropsch liquid hydrocarbons by adjusting the amount of synthesis gas bypassing the Fischer-Tropsch reactor. The multi-product and integrated... Agent: Conley Rose, P.c. David A. Rose

20080132589 - Process for hydrocarbon synthesis: A method for the preparation of a catalyst or catalyst precursor comprising: (a) admixing a carrier material, a homogeneous crystalline solid solution of a cobalt compound and one or more d-metal compounds and/or one or more co-catalysts or precursors thereof, and optionally a liquid; (b) forming the mixture of step... Agent: Shell Oil Company