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THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS FOR CARRYING OUT AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION IN THE PRESENCE OF A SOLID CATALYST IN A THREE-PHASE SLURRY REACTOR COMPRISING A SLURRY ZONE AND A FREEBOARD ZONE, IN WHICH SLURRY ZONE THE CATALYST IS KEPT IN SUSPENSION IN A SLURRY LIQUID, AND IN WHICH FREEBOARD ZONE A LIQUID REFLUX IS MAINTAINED TO REMOVE CATALYST FROM THE FREEBOARD ZONE AND, PREFERABLY, RECYCLING THE CATALYST TO THE SLURRY ZONE. ACCORDING TO A FURTHER ASPECT, THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A THREE-PHASE SLURRY REACTOR ADAPTED TO THE PROCESS, IN PARTICULAR A THREE-PHASE SLURRY REACTOR WHEREIN THE FREEBOARD ZONE CONTAINS MEANS TO TRAP CATALYST PARTICLES. (FIG. 1)
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