2799. ----- [ROELEN, O] (Hydrocarbon Synthesis Corp.). Paraffin From Hydrogen and Carbon Oxides. United States Patent 2,225,487, Dec. 17, 1940; appl. filed July 3, 1937, Serial No. 151,835; in Germany, July 3, 1936; 5 claims (Cl. 260-449). Chem. Abs.

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2799. ----- [ROELEN, O.] (Hydrocarbon Synthesis Corp.). Paraffin From Hydrogen and Carbon Oxides. United States Patent 2,225,487, Dec. 17, 1940; appl. filed July 3, 1937, Serial No. 151,835; in Germany, July 3, 1936; 5 claims (Cl. 260-449). Chem. Abs., vol. 35, 1941, p. 2304.

Describes arrangement of apparatus and a method for the production of paraffin by acting on a C oxide in the presence of a catalyst that is suitable for forming hydrocarbons, with gases containing free H₂, that are practically free from other reactants, at an elevated temperature below that at which CH₄ would normally be exclusively formed with the use of the same gases and same catalyst, involving periodically removing from the catalyst by extraction with a solvent for paraffin the nonvolatile reaction products, that have settled on the catalyst, at a temperature not materially above the reaction temperature, each time before the proportion of paraffin formed is appreciably diminished in comparison with the other products simultaneously formed.