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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057661 | Process for removal of sulfur from components for blending of transportation fuels A process is disclosed for removing highly deleterious non-basic nitrogen compounds upstream from an acid catalyzed thiophene alkylation process using adsorbents capable of adsorbing the non-basic nitrogen compounds. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7381322 | Resid cracking apparatus with catalyst and adsorbent regenerators and a process thereof This invention provides a resid cracking apparatus comprising a riser, reactor, stripper cum separator with adjustable outlets in flow communication with adsorbent and catalyst regenerators for converting hydrocarbon residues containing higher concentration of conra... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7358413 | Process for reducing fouling from flash/separation apparatus during cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks Hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid is cracked by a process comprising: (a) heating the hydrocarbon feedstock; (b) mixing the heated hydrocarbon feedstock with steam and optionally water to form a mixture stream; (c) introducing the mixture stream to a flash/sepa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351872 | Process and draft control system for use in cracking a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock in a pyrolysis furnace A process and control system for cracking a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock containing non-volatile hydrocarbons comprising heating the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, mixing the heated heavy hydrocarbon feedstock with a dilution steam stream to form a mixture stream havin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7312371 | Steam cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks containing non-volatile components and/or coke precursors A process for cracking a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock containing non-volatile components and/or coke precursors, wherein a stripping agent is added to the feedstock to form an enhanced hydrocarbon blend which is thereafter separated into a vapor phase and a liquid ph... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311746 | Vapor/liquid separation apparatus for use in cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid A highly efficient vapor/liquid separation apparatus for treating a flow of vapor/liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons and steam comprises a substantially cylindrical vertical drum having an upper cap section, a middle section comprising a circular wall, a lower cap sect... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7285697 | Reduction of total sulfur in crude and condensate cracking A process for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock comprising at least one sulfur-containing compound comprising: heating the feedstock and a peroxide-containing compound, mixing the heated feedstock and peroxide-containing compound with a fluid and/or a primary dilution ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282138 | Multistage removal of heteroatoms and wax from distillate fuel A distillate fuel feed is hydrotreated to remove heteroatoms and then separated into light and heavy hydrotreated fractions, with the heavy fraction catalytically dewaxed to improve low temperature properties. The hydrotreating and dewaxing are conducted in separate... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270743 | Products produced form rapid thermal processing of heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock that utilizes a short residence pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that cracks and chemically upgrades the feedstock. The process of the present invention provides for the pr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267761 | Method of reducing sulfur in hydrocarbon feedstock using a membrane separation zone A membrane is used in combination with fractionation and hydrodesulfurization to reduce the sulfur content of hydrocarbon feeds, preferably sulfur-containing naphtha feeds. A membrane separation zone is employed to treat a fraction of effluent from a fractionation z... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247765 | Cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid utilizing partial condensation of vapor phase from vapor/liquid separation to mitigate fouling in a flash/separation vessel A process is provided for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid comprising: heating the feedstock, mixing the heated feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, optionally further heating the mixture, flashing the mixtu... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244871 | Process and apparatus for removing coke formed during steam cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks containing resids A process for decoking of a process that cracks hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid and coke precursors, wherein steam is added to the feedstock to form a mixture which is thereafter separated into a vapor phase and a liquid phase by flashing in a flash/separatio... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235705 | Process for reducing vapor condensation in flash/separation apparatus overhead during steam cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks A process for reducing fouling during cracking of a hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid is provided which comprises: introducing a mixture stream of heated hydrocarbon feedstock mixed with steam to a flash/separation apparatus to form i) a vapor phase at its dew ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232516 | Desulfurization with octane enhancement A desulfurization system employing a system of fluidizable and circulatable solid particles to desulfurize a hydrocarbon-containing fluid in a fluidized bed reactor. The solid particulate system includes solid sorbent particles operable to remove sulfur from the hyd... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220887 | Process and apparatus for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid A process for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid comprising: heating the feedstock, mixing the heated feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, flashing the mixture to form a vapor phase and a liquid phase which co... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214307 | White oil from waxy feed using highly selective and active wax hydroisomerization catalyst A composition of white oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. between about 1.5 cSt and 36 cSt, a viscosity index greater than an amount calculated by the equation: Viscosity Index=28×Ln(the Kinematic Viscosity at 100° C.)+105, less than 18 weight percent of... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7199275 | Feed pretreating This invention provides for a process for hydrocarbon conversion in which a partially dehydrated hydrocarbon feedstock is contacted with at least two different molecular sieve materials, including a first molecular sieve having a Si/Al molar ratio of less than about... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7160437 | Method for determining the source of fouling in thermal conversion process units The present invention relates to a method for determining the source of fouling in petroleum thermal conversion process units. More particularly, the invention distinguishes whether fouling occurs due to feed entrainment of small feed droplets or vapor phase condens... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154014 | Alumina guard bed for aromatics transalkylation process A transalkylation process for reacting carbon number nine aromatics with toluene to form carbon number eight aromatics such as para-xylene is herein disclosed. The process is based on the discovery that deactivating contaminants present in typical hydrocarbon feeds,... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138047 | Process for steam cracking heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks A process for feeding or cracking heavy hydrocarbon feedstock containing non-volatile hydrocarbons comprising: heating the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, mixing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, flas... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7097758 | Converting mist flow to annular flow in thermal cracking application A process to increase the non-volatile removal efficiency in a flash drum in the steam cracking system. The gas flow from the convection section is converted from mist flow to annular flow before entering the flash drum to increase the removal efficiency. The conver... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090765 | Process for cracking hydrocarbon feed with water substitution A process for treating hydrocarbon feed in a furnace, the process comprising: (a) heating hydrocarbon feed, (b) adding water to the heated feed, (c) adding dilution steam to the heated feed to form a mixture, (d) heating the resulting mixture and feeding the resulti... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7048846 | Membrane separation for sulfur reduction A membrane process for the removal of sulfur species from a naphtha feed, in particular, a FCC light cat naphtha, without a substantial loss of olefin yield is disclosed. The process involves contacting a naphtha feed stream with a membrane having sufficient flux an... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041212 | Membrane separation for sulfur reduction A membrane process for the removal of sulfur species from a naphtha feed, in particular, a FCC light cat naphtha, without a substantial loss of olefin yield is disclosed. The process involves contacting a naphtha feed stream with a membrane having sufficient flux an... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7018527 | Membrane separation for sulfur reduction A membrane process for the removal of sulfur species from a naphtha feed, in particular, a FCC light cat naphtha, without a substantial loss of olefin yield is disclosed. The process involves contacting a naphtha feed stream with a membrane having sufficient flux an... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008595 | Resid cracking apparatus with catalyst and adsorbent regenerators and a process thereof This invention provides a resid cracking apparatus comprising a riser, reactor, stripper cum separator with adjustable outlets in flow communication with adsorbent and catalyst regenerators for converting hydrocarbon residues containing higher concentration of conra... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6977320 | Zeolite catalyst and use for hydrocarbon conversion There is provided a zeolite bound zeolite catalyst which can be tailored to optimize its performance and a process for converting hydrocarbons utilizing the zeolite bound zeolite catalyst. The zeolite bound zeolite catalyst comprises a first zeolite and a binder com... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6958305 | Zeolite catalyst and use for hydrocarbon conversion There is provided a zeolite bound zeolite catalyst which can be tailored to optimize its performance and a process for converting hydrocarbons utilizing the zeolite bound zeolite catalyst. The zeolite bound zeolite catalyst comprises a first zeolite and a binder com... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6905592 | Process for the desulphurization of feed streams The invention relates to: a process for the desulphurization of feed streams comprising: supplying a hot process stream to a lead catalyst bed (8) comprising a first sulphur-removing catalyst and a second sulphur-removing catalyst under conditions whereby sul... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6848374 | Control of mercury emissions from solid fuel combustion A system 26 for removing elemental mercury or mercury compounds handles carbonaceous sorbent 28 of a starter batch stored in a silo 30 in an agglomerated state. The sorbent 28 is fed by a feeder 32 to a separation device 34,... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6723229 | Process for the production of medicinal white oil using M41S and sulfur sorbent A four stage process for producing high quality white oils, particularly food or medicinal grade mineral oils from mineral oil distillates. The first reaction stage employs a sulfur resistant hydrotreating catalyst and produces a product suitable for use as a high q... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6656344 | Fluidized catalytic cracking process A sequential processing for heavy petroleum residues is disclosed which uses a separate mixture of catalyst and adsorbent. The solid adsorbent and FCC (fluids catalytic cracking) catalyst particles differ significant at least on particle size or density o... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6248230 | Method for manufacturing cleaner fuels A method is provided for manufacturing cleaner fuels, in which NPC (Natural Polar Compounds), naturally existing in small quantities within various petrolic hydrocarbon fractions, are removed from the petrolic hydrocarbon fractions ranging, in boiling poi... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5919352 | Integrated residua upgrading and fluid catalytic cracking A process wherein a residuum feedstock is upgraded in a short vapor contact time thermal process unit comprised of a horizontal moving bed of fluidized hot particles, then fed to a fluid catalytic cracking process unit. Hot flue gases from the fluid catal... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5770047 | Process for producing reformulated gasoline by reducing sulfur, nitrogen and olefin A process for upgrading a nitrogen and sulfur rich heavy naphtha feedstock includes the steps of providing a naphtha feedstock having an initial nitrogen content, an initial sulfur content and an initial octane number; contacting the naphtha feedstock wit... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5725756 | In situ mitigation of coke buildup in porous catalysts with supercritical reaction media A method to minimize catalyst deactivation rate and coke laydown, and maximize desired reaction rate in processing of industrially significant reactions under supercritical conditions to generate a reaction mixture stream including formed reaction product... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5702590 | Process for the removal of mercury The invention relates to a process for the removal of mercury and/or other heavy metals from a cracker feed with the aid of an adsorbent. The process is characterized in that the feed is also subjected to magnetic filtration.... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5690809 | In situ mitigation of coke buildup in porous catalysts by pretreatment of hydrocarbon feed to reduce peroxides and oxygen impurities An improved process is provided for in situ mitigation of coke buildup and porous catalyst used for the processing of hydrocarbon feed stocks. The process exhibits improved catalyst activity over extended periods and the process comprises the pretreatment... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5629465 | Manufacturing olefins from gas oil Disclosed is a method of selecting a gas oil feedstock for use in manufacturing olefins. The feedstock is analyzed for the presence of benzothiophenes and is used to manufacture olefins only if it contains less than 50 ppm (as sulfur) of benzothiophenes. ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5552035 | Zeolite aggregates and catalysts A process for producing zeolite aggregates involves providing a formable paste composed of zeolite, a binder composed of an organic/metal oxide containing aluminum, a peptizing agent and water; forming the paste into an aggregate, preferably by extruding ... | 09/03/1996 |
