Gas agitated multiphase reactor with stationary catalyst solid phase

A method for converting a gaseous and/or liquid feed to gaseous and/or liquid products using a solid catalyst;

• comprising:
• providing a reactor defining a reactor volume;
• providing a liquid phase disposed within the reactor volume;
• providing a cooling system having a cooling element in thermal contact with the liquid phase;
• providing a stationary catalyst phase having a top end and being at least partially disposed in the liquid phase, wherein the level of liquid phase in said reactor is higher than the top end of the stationary catalyst phase, and further wherein the stationary catalyst phase is affixed or adhered to an outer surface of said cooling element;
• feeding the feed comprising a gas stream into the reactor volume such that the gas stream agitates the liquid phase and diffuses into the liquid phase;
• contacting the feed with the catalyst phase to form products;
• and
• removing the products from the reactor.

A method for converting a gaseous and/or liquid feed to gaseous and/or liquid products using a solid catalyst;

• comprising:
• providing a reactor delimited by a reactor wall and comprising secondary housings, each secondary housing defining a reaction chamber which contains a gas phase and a liquid phase;
• providing a plurality of catalyst containers, wherein each secondary housing comprises at least one catalyst container, and further wherein each container has an outer wall on the container sides, top and bottom ends, said outer wall which is in contact with said liquid phase being porous or perforated to allow the easy passage of gas and liquid therethrough;
• providing a stationary catalyst phase disposed in said catalyst containers, in such a manner that the stationary catalyst phase is at least partially disposed in the liquid phase present in each of the secondary housings;
• providing a collection chamber disposed in the reactor above the catalyst containers, said collection chamber being isolated from the reaction chambers such that fluid flowing from the reaction chambers into said collection chamber must pass through the top end of each catalyst container;
• providing a cooling chamber defined between the outside of secondary housings and the reactor wall, wherein a cooling medium circulates therethrough;
• feeding a feed comprising a gas stream into the reaction chambers such that the gas stream agitates the liquid phase within each secondary housing and diffuses into the liquid phase;
• contacting the feed with the stationary catalyst phase to form products;
• removing liquid products from the collection chamber of the reactor via a liquid outlet;
• and
• removing gaseous products from the collection chamber of the reactor via a gas outlet.