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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404889 | Hydrocarbon thermal cracking using atmospheric distillation A method for thermally cracking a hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in an atmospheric thermal distillation step to form a light gasoline and atmospheric residuum mixture. The light gasoline/residuum combination is gasified at least in part i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7303664 | Delayed coking process for producing free-flowing coke using a metals-containing additive A delayed coking process for making substantially free-flowing coke, preferably shot coke. A coker feedstock, such as a vacuum residuum, is heated in a heating zone to coking temperatures then conducted to a coking zone wherein volatiles are collected overhead and c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6855244 | Process for reducing coke agglomeration in coking processes In an embodiment, the invention relates to a method for reducing coke agglomeration in petroleum streams derived from coking processes. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to a method for mitigating filter fouling from a coker gas oil by using a pusher ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6830677 | Process for reducing coke agglomeration in coking processes In an embodiment, the invention relates to a method for reducing coke agglomeration in petroleum streams derived from coking processes. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to a method for mitigating filter fouling from a coker gas oil wherein an oxygen ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6746596 | Process for reducing sulphur emissions from a fluidized bed coke burner The process has to do with a circuit involving a fluidized bed coker reactor working in tandem with a fluidized bed coke burner. The burner is operated at a reduced temperature in the range 550° C.-630° C. Simultaneously, the coke circulation rate is increased to ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 5952539 | Dual process for obtaining olefins A process for producing normally gaseous olefins from two different process units sharing common downstream quench and fractionation facilities, wherein one of the process units is a short contact time mechanically fluidized vaporization unit for processi... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5780696 | Process for recycling plastic waste The invention relates to a process for recycling waste which consists essentially of one or more plastics comprising polyvinyl chloride (PVC), in which: the waste is mixed with a heavy oil, in a reactor under an inert atmosphere, at an internal temperatur... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5658455 | Fluidized bed coking process An improved fluidized bed coking process wherein a residuum feedstock is introduced into a first stage comprised of a short vapor contact time reactor containing a horizontal moving bed of fluidized hot particles. Carbonaceous material is deposited onto t... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5597474 | Production of hydrogen from a fluid coking process using steam reforming The present invention relates to an integrated fluid coking/hydrogen production process. The fluid coking unit is comprised of a fluid coker reactor, a heater, and a gasifier. Solids from the fluidized beds are recycled between the coking zone and the hea... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5520795 | Method for reducing the air reactivity of calcined petroleum coke The air reactivity of calcined petroleum coke is reduced by maintaining the amount of sodium in at least a portion of the water streams contacting the petroleum coke at a value below about 100 parts per million.... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5437782 | Integrated fluid coking/paraffin dehydrogenation process The present invention relates to an integrated fluid coking/paraffin dehydrogenation process. The fluid coking unit is comprised of a fluid coker reactor, a heater, and a gasifier. Solids from the fluidized beds are recycled between the coking zone and th... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5435905 | Integrated fluid coking paraffin dehydrogenation process An integrated fluid coking/paraffin dehydrogenation process. The fluid coking unit is comprised of a fluid coker reactor, a heater, and a gasifier. Solids from the fluidized beds are recycled between the coking zone and the heater and between the heater a... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5430217 | Integrated fluid coking paraffin dehydrogenation process An integrated fluid coking/paraffin dehydrogenation process. The fluid coking unit is comprised of a fluid coker reactor, a heater, and a gasifier. Solids from the fluidized beds are recycled between the coking zone and the heater and between the heater a... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5430216 | Integrated fluid coking paraffin dehydrogenation process An integrated fluid coking/paraffin dehydrogenation process. The fluid coking unit is comprised of a fluid coker reactor, a heater, and a gasifier. Solids from the fluidized beds are recycled between the coking zone and the heater and between the heater a... | 07/04/1995 |
| 4954240 | Combination coking and hydroconversion process A hydrocarbonaceous feed, such as petroleum vacuum distillation bottoms, is upgraded by a combination coking and catalytic slurry hydroconversion process wherein a bottoms fraction from coking is passed to a slurry hydroconversion zone, and the bottoms fr... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4853106 | Delayed coking process Delayed coking process in which improved liquid yield is achieved by varying the rate at which the heavy feedstock is fed to the coke drum. Tandem operation of two active coking drums is disclosed which permits feedrate variation without change of load on... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4801402 | Partial oxidation process Synthesis gas is produced by the partial oxidation of a feedstock comprising petroleum coke containing metal sulfide compounds and metal oxy-sulfide compounds and having an ash that contains nickel, vanadium and silicon. In the process, a petroleum coke a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4750985 | Combination coking and hydroconversion process A carbonaceous feed, such as a heavy hydrocarbonaceous oil or coal and mixtures thereof, is upgraded by a combination coking and catalytic slurry hydroconversion process which may be integrated with a deasphalting process.... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4579646 | Bottoms visbreaking hydroconversion process This invention relates to a process for hydroconverting a hydrocarbon chargestock having the steps of: heating the chargestock to produce a minor amount of coke; contacting the coke within the chargestock with a minor effective amount of an oil-soluble me... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4569751 | Combination coking and hydroconversion process A carbonaceous feed, such as a heavy hydrocarbonaceous oil or coal and mixtures thereof, is upgraded by a combination coking and catalytic slurry hydroconversion process.... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4569752 | Combination coking and hydroconversion process A carbonaceous feed, such as a heavy hydrocarbonaceous oil or coal, and mixtures thereof, is upgraded by a combination coking and catalytic slurry hydroconversion process in which a catalyst precursor is added to the feed of the hydroconversion zone as a ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4376015 | Process for removing arsenic from green coke derived from shale oil Arsenic is removed from green shale oil coke of high arsenic content by calcining the coke at 1500° F. to 3000° F. for 0.1 hr to 4 hr. The arsenic content is reduced from above about 150 to 300 ppm to below about 100 ppm, thereby making the coke suitabl... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4351702 | Processing of heavy high-sulfur feedstocks A heavy high-sulfur hydrocarbonaceous feedstock is partially delayed coked and partially formcoked. The coke products are screened, with larger particles being calcined at desulfurizing temperatures and smaller particles being recycled to the formcoker. O... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4269696 | Fluid coking and gasification process with the addition of cracking catalysts An integrated fluid coking and gasification process is provided in which a solid cracking catalyst is added to the coker chargestock and in which a partially gasified coke matrix comprising the cracking catalyst is recycled to the coker vapor phase produc... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4188280 | Method for removing arsenic from shale oil A combination process for reducing the soluble arsenic content of shale oil comprising thermally dearsenating the shale oil to make an aged shale oil, coking at least a portion of the aged shale oil, and catalytically hydroprocessing at least a portion of... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4176047 | Removal of organic compounds from coker gasoline A gasoline boiling range hydrocarbon stream obtained by fractionation of overhead vapors from a delayed coker is treated for removal of organic silicon compounds prior to being processed in a desulfurizer and catalytic reformer. The stream is treated by a... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4009094 | Stabilizing pyrolysis naphtha Pyrolysis naphtha is contacted with a residuum hydrocarbon charge stock under process conditions suitable for delayed coking of said residuum hydrocarbon charge. Unstable olefinic and diolefinic components of said pyrolysis naphtha are reduced in the prod... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3983030 | Combination process for residua demetalation, desulfurization and resulting coke gasification A combination process is provided for residua demetalation and desulfurization and resulting coke gasification which comprises contacting said residua with a porous refractory oxide in the absence of added hydrogen, at a temperature of from greater than 7... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3959115 | Production of petroleum cokes Any kind of virgin, low-sulfur crude oil is directly treated in a two-stage delayed coking process for yielding non-crystalline coke in the first stage and high-crystalline coke in the second stage, which process comprises preheating the crude oil in a tu... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3941681 | Process for converting inferior heavy oil into light oil and gasifying the same A process for converting inferior heavy oil into light oil and gasifying the same characterized in that a hydrocracking zone comprising coke fluidized bed and a gasification zone comprising a molten alkali salt are provided, the raw oil is fed in said hyd... | 03/02/1976 |
