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A B S T R A C T CATALYST STRUCTURE A OL-OCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HYDROCARBONS IN A THREE PHASE REACTOR COMPRLSINO THE STEPS O.: R (I) INTRODUCING SYNTHESIS GAS INTO THE REACTOR; (II) CAUSING THE SYNTHESIS GAS TO BE CONTACTED WITH A FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST; AND (III) REMOVING PRODUCTS FROM THE REACTOR, WHEREIN STEP (I) COMPRISES INTRODUCING SOME OR ALL OF THE 10 SYNTHES2-S GAS INTO THE REACTOR AT OR NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE REACTOR; AND STEP (I-J) COMPRISES CONTACTING THE S,.IRNTHESIS GAS WITH A CATALYST STRUCTURE IMMOBILISE' WITHIN THE REACTOR, WHEREIN THE CATALVST STRUCTURE COMCRISES ONE OR MORE POROUS CATALYST ELEMENTS FIXABIE 15 WITHIN THE REACTOR, EACH OF SAID POROUS CATALYST ELEMENTS BEINA AT LEAST 1 CM@, PREFERABLY AT LEAST 10 CM@, IN S17E AND WHEREIN THE OPEN VOLUME WITHIN EACH POROUS CATALYST ELEMENT IS AT LEAST 60(WITH REFERENCE TO THE VOLURRIE OF UHE @DOROUS CATAL,@ST ELEMENTS) AND EACH POROUS CAUAL-,'IST 20 ELEMENT INCLUCES A F-ISCHER-T-ROPSCH CATALYST RNATERLAL
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