Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide in liquid suspensions of catalyst

Claim 1

IN THE SYNTHESIS OF HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS BY CARBON MONOXIDE HYDROGENATION, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUOUSLY PASSING A SYNTHESIS GAS INTO A HYDROCARBON OIL PRODUCT SUSPENSION OF A CARBON MONOXIDE HYDROGENATION CATALYST HAVING A CONCENTRATION IN THE ORDER OF MAGNITURE OF FROM 50-500 G. CATALYST BASE METAL PER LITER SUSPENSION AND A CATALYST PARTICLE SIZE OF FROM 002-1.0 MM., AT A RATE OF GAS FLOW EXPRESSED IN N LITERES PER HOUR PER LITER OF CATALYST SUSPENSION, EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 10-30 TIMES THE PER CENT WEIGHT OF CATALYST BASE METAL IN SAID SUSPENSION, MAINTAINING SAID SUSPENSION UNDER A PRESSURE BETWEEN 3-150 ATMOSPHERES ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN THE RATE OF FLOW PER HOUR OF SYNTHESIS FEED GAS UNDER PRESSURE WITHIN THE SUSPENSION SUBSTANTIALLY AT A VALUE OF AND ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF FROM 5-100 LITERS PER LITER OF CATALYST SUSPENSION, TO THEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN A MIXTURE OF SYNTHESIS GAS AND CATALYST SUSPENSION HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT VOLUME OF ABOUT 10-100% HIGHER THAN THE VOLUME OF THE SUSPENSION ITSELF.