3327. SENSEL, E. E., AND BECK, R. A. (The Texas Co.). Apparatus for Effecting Catalytic Reactions. United States Patent 2,562,993, Aug. 7, 1951; appl. filed Oct. 1, 1946, Serial No. 700,507; 2 claims (Cl. 23-288).

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3327. SENSEL, E. E., AND BECK, R. A. (The Texas Co.). Apparatus for Effecting Catalytic Reactions. United States Patent 2,562,993, Aug. 7, 1951; appl. filed Oct. 1, 1946, Serial No. 700,507; 2 claims (Cl. 23-288).

The reactor contains a central rotating helical screw for elevating the fluidized solid catalyst mass through the reaction zone. The operation is applied to the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction.