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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8298377 | Equipment and process for upgrading oil Equipment and a process for upgrading oil are provided to produce a refined oil lighter than a material oil by cracking the heavier material oil with the addition of hydrogen under relatively relaxed production conditions. An equipment for upgrading oil according to... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8052945 | Apparatus for oligomerization in multiple stages with single fractionation column In an oligomerization apparatus comprising at least two oligomerization reactors, at least portions of product streams from two reactors are separated in the same separator vessel; a liquid product stream from the first oligomerization reactor is fed to a fractionat... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7967954 | Deep conversion combining the demetallization and the conversion of crudes, residues or heavy oils into light liquids with pure or impure oxygenated compounds A process for the conversion of hydrocarbons that are solid or have a high boiling temperature and may be laden with metals, sulfur or sediments, into liquids (gasolines, gas oil, fuels) with the help of a jet of gas properly superheated between 600 and 800° C. The... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7625466 | System for the decontamination of asphaltic heavy oil and bitumen A process and apparatus to remove asphaltenic contaminants from bitumen, heavy oil or residue to produce lower viscosity petroleum products and high purity asphaltenes. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7407571 | Method of and apparatus for upgrading and gasifying heavy hydrocarbon feeds A novel apparatus for producing sweet synthetic crude from a heavy hydrocarbon feed includes: an upgrader for receiving the heavy hydrocarbon feed and producing a distillate fraction including sour products, and high-carbon content by-products; a gasifier for receiv... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7381309 | Apparatus for prewashing a hydrocarbon stream containing hydrogen sulfide Disclosed is an apparatus for extracting sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbon stream. A prewash section for converting hydrogen sulfide to sodium sulfide by reaction with an alkali such as caustic prepares the hydrocarbon stream for extraction. Spent alkali is contin... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7319180 | Paraffin alkylation A process for the alkylation of alkane with olefin or olefin precursor such as an oligomer of tertiary olefin comprising contacting a liquid system comprising acid catalyst, isoparaffin and olefin in concurrent downflow into contact in a reaction zone with a dispers... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7250542 | Paraffin alkylation A process for the alkylation of alkane with olefin or olefin precursor such as an oligomer of tertiary olefin comprising contacting a liquid system comprising acid catalyst, isoparaffin and olefin in concurrent downflow into contact in a reaction zone with a dispers... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250073 | Life support oxygen concentrator Gas separation by pressure swing adsorption (PSA) and vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA), to obtain a purified product gas of the less strongly adsorbed fraction of the feed gas mixture, is performed with an apparatus having a plurality of adsorbers. The adsorb... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7204928 | Process and apparatus for the fractional distillation of crude oil A process for the fractional distillation of crude oil, which comprises the steps of: feeding a continuous current of crude oil at 310–400° C. into a turbomixer comprising a tubular cylindrical body (1) provided with a rotor (9) formed with helicall... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7156241 | Composite fluid separator A composite fluid separator for isolting a first liquid from a second liquid having a different specific gravity. A housing (52) encloses a separation chamber (53). An inlet port (60) delivers the composite fluid into the sump (65) of the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7119244 | Method of removing organic sulfur compounds from alkylate A process for the removal of organic sulfur compounds, primarily oxygenated organic compounds, such as sulfates and sulfonic esters from a hydrocarbon liquid is disclosed which comprises contacting the hydrocarbon liquid with a coalescer comprising a mesh material w... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097160 | Apparatus for treating a liquid with a gas The present invention includes an improved apparatus (10) for treating a liquid with a gas having a generally cylindrical outer housing (24) and a coaxial inner housing (40) defining both an outer and an inner chamber (26, 46) and a plura... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6995296 | Paraffin alkylation A process for the alkylation of alkane with olefin or olefin precursor such as an oligomer of tertiary olefin comprising contacting a liquid system comprising acid catalyst, isoparaffin and olefin in concurrent downflow into contact in a reaction zone with a dispers... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6955754 | Compact fluid cleaning system An efficient fluid cleaning system. The efficient system includes a first mechanism for changing the pressure of a fluid from a first pressure to a second pressure, the second pressure being lower than the first pressure. A second mechanism distributes the fluid wit... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6881303 | Method and system for pyrolyzing plastic and pyrolysate product A plastic as a material to be treated and an additive such as unsaturated fatty acid oil are mixed, and the mixture is heated in a pyrolysis tank at a temperature of 300° C. to 450° C. by a heating member to thereby thermally decompose the mixture. A gas component... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6702936 | Method of and apparatus for upgrading and gasifying heavy hydrocarbon feeds A novel apparatus for producing sweet synthetic crude from a heavy hydrocarbon feed comprising: an upgrader for receiving said heavy hydrocarbon feed and producing a distillate fraction including sour products, and high-carbon content by-products; a gasif... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6287455 | Purifier for lubricating oil or hydraulic oil The present invention provides a means of removing water, antifreeze and fuel from lubricating or hydraulic oil by evaporating these impurities and venting them out of the purifier. The oil is heated by heat of an exposed horizontal heating wand within th... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6264829 | Low headroom coke drum deheading device A coke drum head is hinged to a coke drum body using a compound joint such as a trammel pivot, and the head is moved between open and closed positions using an actuator. In moving between open and closed positions, the head traces out a non-circular path ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6036473 | Heavy oil emulsified fuel combustion apparatus A heavy oil emulsified fuel combustion apparatus is provided in which steam bubbles generated in the pressure reduction operation for dewatering a heavy oil emulsified fuel before combustion are prevented from mixing into a dewatered heavy oil side result... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5951868 | System and method for separation of crude or hydrocarbon free and/or disperse in water The present invention relates to a system and a method for separating a hydrocarbon containing material such as crude oil from water. The system of the present invention includes a treatment tank, a layer of a fluid having a chemical affinity for the hydr... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5904836 | High-vacuum oil refinery system and process High-vacuum oil refinery systems and process are disclosed in this invention. The systems and process enables to carry out vaporization and distillation of oils under the condition of 1-10-4 Torr of high vacuum and at the temperature of not hig... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5871618 | Apparatus for reclaiming fuel oil from waste oil Disclosed is an apparatus and a process for reclaiming fuel oil from waste oil. The apparatus comprises a thermal cracking unit for cracking the high boiling hydrocarbon material into lighter, lower boiling, material so as to separate hydrocarbon vapor pr... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5707510 | Crude oil emulsion treating apparatus and method The treating apparatus and method of the present invention improve the efficiency and reliability of flash treating crude oil by including a recycled oil pumping loop that takes crude oil from a flashing section of a vessel and feeds it to either the inle... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5645692 | Process for the stabilization of crude oils at the outlet of the extraction well and device for implementation thereof A method and apparatus for stabilizing crude oil at the outlet of a well, including at least one separation step wherein the crude oil is pressure distilled in at least one distillation column into at least two cuts, i.e., a C1-5 hydrocarbon ga... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5527449 | Conversion of waste oils, animal fats and vegetable oils Waste lubricating oil, vegetable oil and animal fat are reprocessed into commercially usable diesel fuel and naphtha by thermocracking. A thermocracker unit is fired with sludge removed from the principal pool of oil or fat undergoing vaporization. The va... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5500093 | Oil purification A lubricating oil purifying device adapted to be installed in the flow line of lubricating oil passing into an oil filter, comprising a solid body made of acid-reactive material and having a central orifice in which a coupling ring is positioned.... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5362381 | Method and apparatus for conversion of waste oils Waste lubricating oil is reprocessed into commercially usable diesel fuel and naphtha by thermocracking. A thermocracker unit is fired with sludge removed from the principal pool of oil undergoing vaporization. The vapors are separated from liquids in a p... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5286349 | Apparatus for reclaiming useful oil products from waste oil Apparatus for reclaiming a useful oil product has an evaporation chamber, including an inlet for the waste oil, and an outlet for the vaporized oil, as a useful oil product. Burners are provided for heating the evaporation chamber to vaporize oil from the... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5271808 | Apparatus from waste oil for reclaiming a useful oil product An apparatus and a method are provided reclaiming a useful oil product from waste oil, such as used lubricating oil. The apparatus comprises an oil feed means, a boiler, a heater and a separating means. The heater is used to heat the waste oil in the boil... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5135616 | Oil purification Apparatus for oil purification comprises a packed column for contacting sour oil with steam from a boiler, a gravity separator for separating the oil and water, a coalescer for coalescing the recovered oil, and a condenser for separating the lighter fract... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5098580 | Method and system for receiving and handling polluted liquids, especially stratified oil products in petrol and oil tanks A method and system for handling polluted liquids with a mobile sewage vehicle, especially stratified oil products in a petrol or oil tank wherein the contents of the tank normally separates into horizontal layers of useless polluted liquid and fully usea... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5076930 | Apparatus and process for liquid-liquid contact A process and apparatus for effecting liquid-liquid contact in a plurality of stages between heavy and light liquid streams is provided wherein said streams are capable of undergoing mass transfer with one another or constituents in either stream are capa... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4995495 | Crude oil emulsion treating apparatus In attempting to upgrade crude oil to pipeline quality, it often proves necessary to treat the oil in more than one apparatus. A simple solution to the problem is to provide an apparatus including a flashing section coupled to a treating section in which ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4994149 | Diluent substitution apparatus In a process for the treatment of heavy oil, in which a hydrocarbon diluent is added to the heavy oil stream, part of the diluent is substituted by an LPG liquid stream. The LPG stream is added to the heavy oil stream after removal of light components inc... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4948493 | Method and apparatus for clarifying used lubricating oil A tank is suspended in an enclosure and defines therebetween a chamber completely surrounding the tank. A fluid or air within the chamber is heated to create a thermal blanket and an oven-like condition completely around the tank to maintain the tank and ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4944845 | Apparatus for upgrading liquid hydrocarbons Apparatus for the treatment of a liquid hydrocarbon charge containing solids or solids-forming contaminants, e.g., inorganic solids, metals and asphaltenes, which includes a contactor vessel having a liquid charge inlet, a vaporizing media inlet above the... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4927500 | Waste oil purifying apparatus A finished oil product is recovered from crude or waste oil contaminated with water and the like by heating the waste oil in a tank with a heating flame which may be gas or oil fired. The waste oil is heated until vapors including light ends and the desir... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4814044 | System for treating heavy hydrocarbon-water mixture In a technique for recovering hydrocarbon values from a heavy hydrocarbon-water mixture, the mixture is first delivered through a sub-assembly to remove solid particulates. Then the mixture is delivered through a series of heat exchanger--kettle arrangeme... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4797137 | Apparatus for cleaning fossil fuel, such as coal and crude oil Contaminants, such as sulphur, sulphur compounds and other pollutants are removed from fossil fuels. The fossil fuel in a liquid medium, such as crude oil or a coal slurry, is exposed to metallic copper to react the sulphur with copper ions and settle out... | 01/10/1989 |
