Method of starting up a fischer-tropsch plant

Abstract

A method of starting up a Fischer-Tropsch plant, the method comprising: providing a Fischer-Tropsch plant comprising a fixed-bed Fischer-Tropsch unit downstream of a reverse-water-gas-shift unit; providing a feed comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide; passing the feed to the reverse-water-gas-shift unit to produce a syngas enriched in carbon monoxide; providing a first water source; generating a first steam from the first water source using heat from the syngas to thereby form a cooled syngas; passing at least some of the first steam to the Fischer-Tropsch unit to increase the temperature of the Fischer-Tropsch unit to a first operating temperature of the Fischer-Tropsch unit.

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