Patent 7342051 was granted and assigned to Sasol on March, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A three-phase low temperature Fischer-Tropsch (LTFT) process wherein CO and H2 are converted to hydrocarbons and possibly oxygenates thereof by contacting the CO and H2 with an iron-based Fischer-Tropsch catalyst in a LTFT reactor in the presence of an acid which is introduced into the LTFT reactor.