1633. INTERNATIONAL CATALYTIC OIL PROCESSES CORP. Catalytic Reaction of Oxides of Carbon With Hydrogen. British Patent 559,044. Feb. 2, 1944. Chem. Abs., vol. 40, 1946. p. 444.

Process and apparatus are described for the production of liquid hydrocarbons by the hydrogenation of oxides of C in the presence of a catalyst. Powdered catalyst is suspended in a gaseous mixture of CO and H₂ and the suspension is passed upward through 1 or more externally cooled stationary reaction tubes 1.5-5.0 inc. in diameter. The tubes are arranged parallel within a chamber in which a cooling medium is circulated.