EXTERNAL CATALYST REJUVENATION SYSTEM FOR THE HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS PROCESS

摘要

Catalyst which has become deactivated during a hydrocarbon synthesis (HCS) process is reactivated-rejuvenated using an external reactivation-rejuvenation vessel (10) resulting in a multiple HCS reaction-catalyst rejuvena- tion reactor vessel (10) design. The flow of the catalyst from synthesis product slurry from the reactor vessel (2) to the rejuvenation vessel (10) and the flow of rejuvenated catalyst back to die reactor vessel (2) are driven by gravity only.