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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7807049 | Method and apparatus for recovering oil from oil shale without environmental impacts The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for extracting kerogen oil from oil shale without adverse environmental impacts. A first plasma reactor is employed for creating a syngas from a carbon-based fuel. A turbine uses the syngas to produce electrici... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7419585 | Process for upgrading residua A process for upgrading a residua feedstock using a short vapor contact time thermal process unit comprised of a horizontal moving bed of fluidized hot particles. The residua feedstock is preferably atomized so that the Sauter mean diameter of the residua feedstock ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7226490 | Fuel processor for producing a hydrogen rich gas An apparatus for converting hydrocarbon fuel to a hydrogen rich gas including a first heat exchanger for heating the hydrocarbon fuel, a first desulfurization reactor for reacting a heated hydrocarbon fuel to produce a substantially desulfurized hydrocarbon fuel, a ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7112311 | Cooling method of hydrotreating plant and cooling unit therefor A cooling method of a hydrotreating plant having a desulfurization section (1) including a furnace (12) for heating liquid to be processed, reactors (14, 15) for hydrotreating sulfur to generate hydrogen sulfide, a hydrogen sulfide absorber (... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7070758 | Process and apparatus for generating hydrogen from oil shale A process and apparatus for generating hydrogen from oil shale. Crushed oil shale may be placed in a chamber and combusted with carbon monoxide, oxygen and steam to form a gas stream of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The hydrogen and carbon monoxide stream may be pas... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7008460 | Process for the production thermally converted light products and electricity Process for the production of thermally converted light products from residual feedstock and electricity from syngas obtained from thermal conversion residue as feedstock, in which process flue gas exiting from the electricity producing unit is fed through a heat re... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6852215 | Heavy oil upgrade method and apparatus A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon in which an oxygen source and a hydrogen source are ignited and the resulting synthetic gas is used to initiate a predominantly gas phase heavy oil upgrade reaction. The upgrade reaction is quenched with an additional source of u... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6511937 | Combination slurry hydroconversion plus solvent deasphalting process for heavy oil upgrading wherein slurry catalyst is derived from solvent deasphalted rock The invention described herein is directed to (a) slurry hydroprocessing (SHP) of a feed under SHP conditions; (b) deasphalting, under deasphalting conditions the product obtained from said step (a) and recovering a solvent deasphalted oil and solvent dea... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6464860 | Process and apparatus for generating carbon monoxide and extracting oil from oil shale A process and apparatus for extracting oil from oil shale. Crushed oil shale is transported into a combustion chamber, along with relatively pure oxygen and carbon monoxide which are combusted to heat the oil shale sufficiently to release petroleum hydroc... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6054496 | Method for transporting a heavy crude oil produced via a wellbore from a subterranean formation to a market location and converting it into a distillate product stream using a solvent deasphalting process A method for producing a heavy crude oil from a subterranean formation through a wellbore, transporting the heavy crude oil to a market location and converting the heavy crude oil into a product distillate hydrocarbon stream and by-products such as heat, ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5964985 | Method and apparatus for converting coal to liquid hydrocarbons A method of forming liquid hydrocarbons from solid coal. The coal is pulverized to provide a particulate coal feed, which is then extruded to provide a hollow tube of compressed coal supported inside of a support tube. A clay feed is extruded to provide a... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5955375 | Production of coal derivation products utilizing NMP-type solvent extraction A graphite of anisotrophy selected between substantially isotropic to highly anisotropic, or calcined coke graphitizable to such a graphite, or a pitch convertible into such a coke or graphite, is derived from bituminous coal. A first coal is extracted in... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5935423 | Method for producing from a subterranean formation via a wellbore, transporting and converting a heavy crude oil into a distillate product stream A method for producing a heavy crude oil from a subterranean formation via a wellbore, transporting the heavy crude oil to a market and producing a distillable hydrocarbonaceous stream from the crude oil, the method includes: producing the heavy crude oil... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5929125 | Method for producing heavy crude oil via a wellbore from a subterranean formation and converting the heavy crude oil into a distillate product stream A method for producing a heavy crude oil from a subterranean formation through a wellbore and converting the heavy crude oil into a product distillate hydrocarbon stream and at least one of heat, steam, electricity and synthesis gas by separating distilla... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5846385 | Process and apparatus for energy recovering through waste classification and calcination The invention provide a process for energy recovering through waste classification and calcination and an apparatus therefor, comprises crushing and sorting various types of wastes and by means of a series of classification, calcination and recovering tre... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5843303 | Direct fired convection heating in residuum oil solvent extraction process A residuum oil solvent extraction process is improved by using direct fired convection heaters for heating the asphaltene, the solvent-deasphalted oil phase, the deasphalted oil and the stripping steam, instead of hot oil heat exchangers. The convection h... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5584969 | Apparatus for thermally decomposing plastics and process for converting plastics into oil by thermal decomposition A thermal decomposition apparatus for plastics wherein plastics are melted and thermally decomposed, and the resulting decomposition gas is cooled for condensation and recovered in the form of a thermal decomposition oil. The apparatus comprises a thermal... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5547548 | Pyrolysis process water utilization A method for reducing the undesirable contaminants in process water produced in pyrolysis of low rank coal. The method uses the process water to quench and rehydrate a char produced by pyrolysis with the contaminants in the waster water being absorbed by ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5496465 | Vibrating bed coal pyrolysis system A vibrating bed pyrolysis system has a vibrating bed which is supplied with hot solid particles. Dry coal particles are rapidly heated by the hot solid particles to drive off hydrocarbon vapors. The vapors are condensed in a jet condenser, and products ar... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5426259 | Method for oil-extracting treatment of wastes In a method for oil-extracting treatment of wastes for extracting oil by heating wastes contained in a waste containing chamber in a manner to be shut off from air, an inert gas is injected into the waste containing chamber after termination of thermal de... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5372708 | Method for the exploitation of oil shales The invention relates to a process for the exploitation of oil shales wherein the two main constituents thereof, organic and inorganic moieties, are transformed into valuable products. It was found that oil shales which possess a high amount of inorganic ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5368723 | Method of and apparatus of producing low boiling point hydrocarbon oil from waste plastics or waste rubbers Waste plastics are heated so as to be thermally decomposed and produce a vapor product containing oil and gas components. The vapor product is brought into contact with a solid acid catalyst containing a hydrochloric acid as a decomposing activator to be ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5364996 | Partial oxidation of scrap rubber tires and used motor oil Scrap rubber automobile tires, oil soluble plastics, as well as waste motor oil are disposed of by the process of the subject invention without polluting the nation's environment. Further, useful product synthesis gas, reducing gas, or fuel gas is produce... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5336395 | Liquefaction of coal with aqueous carbon monoxide pretreatment This invention is directed to a staged process for producing liquids from coal or similar carbonaceous feeds combining a pretreatment stage and a liquefaction stage. In the process, the feed is reacted with carbon monoxide and water at an elevated tempera... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5324417 | Processing waste over spent FCC catalyst Distress feeds, such as refinery sludge and slop oils are upgraded over hot equilibrium catalyst (E-Cat) removed from an FCC regenerator. Hot E-Cat demetallizes and/or demulsifies slop and sludge streams in an auxiliary reactor without contaminating the F... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5156734 | Enhanced efficiency hydrocarbon eduction process and apparatus A system and process for educing hydrocarbons from shale. The system comprises a retort vessel which has an integral apparatus for mixing raw and recycle shale that embodies raw shale pulverizing and has an integral apparatus for finally pulverizing the r... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5132007 | Co-generation system for co-producing clean, coal-based fuels and electricity A method for preparing coal-derived fuel compositions while simultaneously producing electricity by utilizing a novel co-generation configuration employing the hydrodisproportionation of coal. Hydrodisproportionation is the short residence time decomposit... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5098481 | Soil remediation process and system Process and apparatus for near-zero discharge soil remediation, preferably in conjunction with an asphalt plant, comprising heating soil contaminated with up to about 30,000 ppm light hydrocarbons in an inclined, axially-fired rotating separator, and samp... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5066325 | Cogeneration process for production of energy and iron materials, including steel A process and arrangement are provided for the efficient generation of energy from coal, while at the same time providing for a relatively inexpensive step in processing of iron or steel, and the extraction of valuable materials such as oils from coal. An... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5055131 | Cogeneration process for production of energy and iron materials A process and arrangement are provided for the efficient generation of energy from coal, while at the same time providing for a relatively inexpensive step in processing of iron or steel, and the extraction of valuable materials such as oils from coal. An... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5045112 | Cogeneration process for production of energy and iron materials, including steel A process and arrangement are provided for the efficient generation of energy from coal, while at the same time providing for a relatively inexpensive step in processing of iron or steel, and the extraction of valuable materials such as oils from coal. An... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5041209 | Process for removing heavy metal compounds from heavy crude oil A process is provided for removing heavy metal compounds from heavy crude oil by mixing the heavy crude oil with tar sand; preheating the mixture to a temperature of about 650° F.; heating said mixture to up to 800° F.; and separating tar sand from the ... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5008005 | Integrated coke, asphalt and jet fuel production process and apparatus A process and apparatus for the production of coke, asphalt and jet fuel m a feed of fossil fuels containing volatile carbon compounds therein is disclosed. The process includes the steps of pyrolyzing the feed in an entrained bed pyrolyzing means, separ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4983278 | Pyrolysis methods with product oil recycling A two step retorting process for pyrolyzing a solid feed selected from the group consisting of oil shale, tar sand, waste motor oil, and scrap tires to recover valuable products therefrom comprising retorting a mixture of the solid feed in heavy oil at a ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4931171 | Pyrolysis of carbonaceous materials A process for the pyrolysis of carbonaceous materials at an elevated temperature or an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure in which a fuel is burned in the presence of a combustion supporting material, in an amount sufficient to supply at least ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4880528 | Method and apparatus for hydrocarbon recovery from tar sands A method and apparatus for utilizing tar sands having a broad range of bitumen content is disclosed. More particularly, tar sands are pyrolyzed in a cyclone retort with high temperature gases recycled from the cyclone retort to produce oil and hydrocarbon... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4842692 | Chemical reformer A method and system of continually reforming sewage and other organic materials into liquid oils and gases by pyrolysis using the containing and entrained water in the inorganic and organic constituents of the sewage.... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4797198 | Process for the working up of salvage oil A process is disclosed for the working up of salvage oil, in which the salvage oil is subjected to an extraction under supercritical conditions. The halogen compounds contained in the produced extract are removed by catalytic hydrogenation. The extraction... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4758418 | Process for combusting solid sulfur-containing material An improved process for converting hydrocarbons using a catalyst which is periodically regenerated to remove carbonaceous deposits, the catalyst being comprised of a mixture containing, as a major component, solid particles capable of promoting hydrocarbo... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4737267 | Oil shale processing apparatus and method A method and apparatus for the recovery of bitumen oils from oil shale. The method comprises crushing the oil shale to a predetermined particle size and mixing with an organic solvent to form a slurry. The slurry is then subjected to supercritical tempera... | 04/12/1988 |
