Solid/liquid slurry treatment apparatus and catalytic multiphase reactor

摘要

Solid/liquid slurry reaction apparatus (11) for a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The slurry comprises a reaction vessel (12) defining a reaction zone for the slurry phase with a volume of gas (16) above, a frit plate (18) for introducing gaseous reactants into the slurry, and a filtration section (13) arranged to separate the liquid product from the slurry. The filtration section (13) includes a housing (25), a filter element (26), an outlet (32) for the product filtrate. A tube (38) establishes fluid communication between the gas space (29) above the filtrate and gas space (16) above the slurry.