PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT FROM AT LEAST ONE GASEOUS REACTANT IN A SLURRY BED

摘要

A process for producing at least one product from at least one gaseous reactant includes feeding the gaseous reactant, as a gaseous feed (59) or as part of a gaseous feed (59) which is at an inlet superficial gas velocity of at least 0.5 m/s, into a vessel (12) holding an expanded slurry bed (70) of solid catalyst particles suspended in a suspension liquid so that the gaseous reactant can bubble upwardly through the slurry bed (70). The slurry bed (70) has a catalyst loading of at least 20% by volume of degassed slurry. The gaseous reactant is allowed to react catalytically at a pressure above atmospheric pressure as the gaseous reactant bubbles upwardly through the slurry bed (70) to produce at least one product. The product and any unreacted gaseous reactant are withdrawn from the vessel (12).