[특허]Systems and methods for catalyst/hydrocarbon product separation

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Systems and methods for catalyst/hydrocarbon product separation

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	C07C-027/00 B01D-024/00 B01D-021/00 B01D-012/00
미국특허분류(USC)	518/700; 518/715; 210/295; 210/304; 210/513
출원번호	US-0753140 (2004-01-07)
발명자 / 주소	Odueyungbo,Oluwaseyi A. Espinoza,Rafael L. Mohedas,Sergio R. Ortego, Jr.,James Dale Ortego,Beatrice C. Goodwin,Ralph T. Harkins,Todd H.
출원인 / 주소	ConocoPhillips Company
대리인 / 주소	Conley Rose P.C.
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This invention relates to methods and apparatus for separating liquid products and catalyst particles from a slurry used in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor system. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are characterized by a separation system that uses a sedimentation chamber, which contains at least one inclined channel that enhances the settling of particles within the slurry. The enhanced settling separates the slurry into a catalyst-rich bottom stream and a catalyst-lean overhead stream. The catalyst-rich bottom product stream is preferably recycled to the reactor, while the catalyst-lean overhead stream can be further processed by a secondary separation system to produce valuable synthetic fuels. The inclined channel may be provided by a structure selected from the group consisting of tube, pipe, conduit, sheets, trays, walls, plates, and combinations thereof.

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What is claimed is: 1. A process for producing hydrocarbons comprising: passing gaseous reactants comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide into a reactor containing a slurry comprising a liquid and a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises particles, and contains at least one catalytic metal selected from the group consisting of metals from Groups 8, 9, and 10 of the Periodic Table, and further wherein the slurry comprises between 5 and 25 volume percent of catalyst particles; converting at least a portion of gaseous reactants to hydrocarbons over said catalyst, such that a portion of said hydrocarbons are liquid and the slurry includes said liquid hydrocarbons, feeding a slurry stream comprising a portion of the slurry to a sedimentation chamber having at least one inclined channel disposed therein, an upper product outlet, and a lower catalyst outlet; flowing the slurry stream through the at least one inclined channel in a mostly counter-current manner to settling particles as the slurry gets leaner and leaner in particle content to form a catalyst-lean stream, while most of the catalyst particles settle downwards in the inclined channel so as to form a catalyst-rich stream; passing the catalyst-lean stream through the upper product outlet of said sedimentation chamber such that the catalyst-lean stream provides at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbons; passing the catalyst-rich stream through the lower catalyst outlet of said sedimentation chamber; and recycling at least a portion of said catalyst-rich stream to the reactor. 2. The process of claim 1 wherein the at least one inclined channel is provided by a pipe, a tube, or a conduit. 3. The process of claim 1 wherein the at least one inclined channel is provided by trays, plates, walls, or sheets. 4. The process of claim 1 wherein the at least one inclined channel has an angle of inclination from the vertical between 2째 and 85째. 5. The process of claim 4 wherein the at least one inclined channel has an angle of inclination from the vertical between 3째 and 75째. 6. The process of claim 4 wherein the at least one inclined channel has an angle of inclination from the vertical between 5째 and 45째. 7. The process of claim 1 wherein the at least one inclined channel has a length-to-depth aspect ratio greater than 2:1. 8. The process of claim 7 wherein the at least one inclined channel has a length-to-depth aspect ratio greater than 5:1. 9. The process of claim 7 wherein the at least one inclined channel has a length-to-depth aspect ratio greater than 10:1. 10. The process of claim 1 wherein the sedimentation chamber comprises a plurality of inclined channels. 11. The process of claim 1 further comprising passing the slurry stream from the reactor to a degasser so as to form a degassed slurry stream. 12. The process of claim 1 further comprising passing the catalyst-lean stream from the sedimentation chamber to a degasser so as to form a degassed catalyst-lean stream. 13. The process of claim 1 wherein at least 90 percent by weight of the catalyst particles in the slurry comprise a size ranging from 10 to 200 microns. 14. The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst particles in the slurry comprise a weight average size ranging from 40 to 100 microns. 15. The process of claim 1 wherein passing the slurry stream upwards through the at least one inclined channel employs a slurry velocity sufficient so that a substantial portion of the particles exiting the sedimentation chamber in the catalyst-lean stream has a number average particle size less than 20 microns. 16. The process of claim 15 wherein a substantial portion of the particles exiting the sedimentation in the catalyst-lean stream has a number average particle size less than 15 microns. 17. The process of claim 1 further comprising feeding the catalyst-lean stream to a secondary catalyst-liquid separation unit adapted to form a product stream substantially free of particles. 18. The process of claim 17 wherein said secondary catalyst-liquid separation unit comprises a filtration device. 19. The process of claim 18 wherein said secondary catalyst-liquid separation unit is adapted to receive a slurry stream from the reactor that has bypassed the sedimentation chamber. 20. A method for recovering a hydrocarbon product from a slurry comprising catalyst particles, said method comprising the steps of: feeding a slurry stream comprising liquid hydrocarbons and catalyst particles into a sedimentation chamber having one inclined surface disposed therein, wherein the catalyst particles in the slurry stream comprise a weight average size ranging from 40 to 100 microns, and further wherein the catalyst particles in the slurry stream comprise fines, and further wherein the inclined surface is adjustable up to 0째 for cleaning purposes; and flowing the slurry stream over the inclined surface while most of the catalyst particles settle down by density difference between the hydrocarbon liquid and the catalyst particles so as to separate the slurry stream into a catalyst-rich bottom stream and a catalyst-lean overhead stream, wherein the catalyst-lean overhead stream comprises at least a portion of the fines and further comprises a number average particle size less than 20 microns. 21. The method of claim 20 further comprising passing the catalyst-lean overhead stream from the sedimentation chamber to a secondary separation unit so as to generate a product stream substantially free of particles. 22. The method of claim 20 wherein the inclined surface has an angle of inclination from the vertical between 2째 and 85째. 23. The method of claim 22 wherein the inclined surface has an angle of inclination from the vertical between 3째 and 75째. 24. The method of claim 22 wherein the inclined surface has an angle of inclination from the vertical between 5째 and 45째. 25. The method of claim 22 wherein the inclined surface is provided by a structure selected from the group consisting of tube, pipe, conduit sheet, tray, wall, and plate. 26. The method of claim 20 wherein the sedimentation chamber includes one inclined channel comprising said inclined surface. 27. The method of claim 20 wherein the inclined channel has a length-to-dept aspect ratio greater than 2:1. 28. The method of claim 27 wherein the inclined channel has a length-to-depth aspect ratio greater than 5:1. 29. The method of claim 27 wherein the inclined channel has a length-to-depth aspect ratio greater than 10:1. 30. The method of claim 20 wherein the sedimentation chamber comprises a plurality of inclined channels. 31. The method of claim 20 wherein the slurry further comprises a gas. 32. The method of claim 31 further comprising passing the slurry stream to a degasser so as to form a degassed slurry stream. 33. The method of claim 31 further comprising passing the catalyst-lean overhead stream from the sedimentation chamber to a degasser so as to form a degassed catalyst-lean stream. 34. The method of claim 20 wherein at least 90 percent by weight of the catalyst particles in the slurry comprise a size ranging from 10 to 200 microns. 35. The method of claim 20 wherein the catalyst-lean overhead stream comprises a number average particle size less than 15 microns. 36. The method of claim 20 wherein the catalyst-lean overhead stream comprises a number average particle size less than 10 microns. 37. The method of claim 21 wherein said secondary catalyst-liquid separation unit comprises a filtration device. 38. The method of claim 37 wherein said secondary catalyst-liquid separation unit is adapted to receive a slurry stream that has bypassed the sedimentation chamber. 39. A method for removing liquid product from a slurry reactor containing a catalyst-containing slurry comprising liquid product and catalyst particles including fines, comprising the steps of: (a) removing a portion of the catalyst-containing slurry from the slurry reactor; (b) separating a portion of the liquid product from the catalyst-containing slurry using density differences between the liquid product and the catalyst particles so as to form a liquid product stream and a catalyst-rich slurry, wherein the density of the catalyst particles is at least 0.1 g/ml greater than that of the liquid product in the slurry, and further wherein the catalyst-rich slurry contains at least a portion of the fines in order to allow their removal out of the slurry reactor and to minimize their accumulation in the slurry reactor by not recycling them to the slurry reactor; and (c) returning at least a portion of the catalyst-rich slurry back to the reactor. 40. The method according to claim 39, further comprising the step of stripping water from the slurry before step (c). 41. The method according to claim 39, further comprising the step of degassing the portion of slurry before step (b). 42. The method according to claim 39 wherein step (b) uses at least one inclined surface. 43. The method according to claim 39 wherein step (b) uses one or more inclined channels.

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