LOW PRESSURE FIXED BED FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS AND APPARATUS

摘要

Diesel fuel or diesel blending stock with high cetane number is produced as a Fisher-Tropsch product in a concentration of 55-90+ weight percent without hydrocracking using a fixed bed Fisher-Tropsch reactor at pressures below 1.37 MPa using a cobalt catalyst comprising catalyst support particles having an average particle size between 0.8 mm and 5 mm and a cobalt component having a loading of between 5 and 35 wt% of the total catalyst composition. After a rough flash, a more pure diesel can be produced.