BUBBLING TOWER HYDROCARBON REACTOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING SLURRY SURFACE LEVEL

摘要

A bubbling tower hydrocarbon reactor in which a hydrocarbon compound is synthesized by the chemical reaction of synthesis gas, which comprises hydrogen and carbon monoxide as main components, with a slurry obtained by suspending solid catalyst particles in a liquid. The bubbling tower hydrocarbon reactor comprises: a reactor main body which holds the slurry therein; a synthesis-gas supply unit which supplies the synthesis gas to the slurry; a pressure sensor which has been disposed above the surface of the slurry and measures the pressure of the synthesis gas above the liquid surface; other pressure sensors, which have been disposed below the surface of the slurry and measure the pressure of the slurry; and a level detector which detects the position of the surface of the slurry based on the results of measurements with the pressure sensors. The other pressure sensors have been disposed apart from each other in the axis direction for the reactor main body.