PATENT

3552. ----- [STANDARD OIL CO.]  Synthesis of Hydrocarbons.  British Patent 618,068, 1949.  British Abs., II, B, 1949, p. 846.

Describes continuous process for the production of hydrocarbons, including normally liquid hydrocarbons, by forming a synthesis gas mixture of H₂ and CO and Subjecting this to a synthesis reaction in the presence of a finely divided Fischer synthesis catalyst material maintained in fluidized form by the passage of the gas mixture therethrough, wherein a higher weight ratio of catalyst to reactant gas than can be obtained with a reactant gas alone is maintained by supplementing the reactant gas with a sufficient quantity of steam and separating the steam from the product by condensation.