3467. ------. [SOCIETA ANON. PRODOTTI ITALIANI SINTETICI.] Catalytic Apparatus and Processes. British Patent 496,159, Nov. 25, 1938; appl. filed Nov. 26, 1937. Chem. Abs., vol. 33, 1939, p. 2773.

Temperature of exothermic catalytic reactions is controlled by suspending the catalyst in a fluid capable of absorbing heat and passing this suspension through a reaction zone at a rate sufficient to remove excess heat. The invention is illustrated as applied to the synthesis of hydrocarbons from CO and steam.