Reactor for hydrocarbon synthesis

A reactor for hydrocarbon synthesis that brings a synthesis gas including carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen gas as main components into contact with a slurry having a solid catalyst suspended in liquid hydrocarbons to synthesize hydrocarbons by the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, the reactor comprising:

• a reactor main body that is formed into a tubular shape having an axis as the center and accumulates the slurry;
• a gas supply line for incorporating a synthesis gas into the reactor main body;
• and
• a sparger part that is disposed at a lower portion within the reactor main body, communicates with the gas supply line, and sprays the synthesis gas;
• wherein the sparger part includes:
• a header tube in which a plurality of openings are formed so as to be separated from each other in a first direction and which sprays the synthesis gas from the openings;
• and
• a pair of wall surface parts that are provided to protrude from the header tube, on opposing sides of the plurality of openings and in a direction orthogonal to the first direction.