Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431831 | Integrated in-line pretreatment and heavy oil upgrading process A new residuum full hydroconversion slurry reactor system has been developed that allows the catalyst, unconverted oil, products and hydrogen to circulate in a continuous mixture throughout an entire reactor with no confinement of the mixture. The mixture is partial... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7374662 | Method for jointly producing propylene and petrol from a relatively heavy charge A process for conversion of a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising a relatively heavy main feedstock with a boiling point above approximately 350° C., and a relatively light secondary feedstock with a boiling point below approximately 320° C., wherein, ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7318890 | Pitch fractionation and high softening point pitch A process for fractionating crude pitch by direct contact heating with molten metal is disclosed. The crude pitch, which may contain water, contaminants and/or distillables is heated by direct contact heat exchange with molten metal, preferably maintained as a metal... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318891 | Noah's pitch process A process for producing pitch from pitch precursors, such as wood tar, coal tar or petroleum fractions is disclosed. Direct contact heat exchange of the pitch precursor with molten metal, preferably maintained as a metal continuous bath, heats the pitch precursor to... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7067053 | Additives for improving thermal conversion of heavy crude oil A process for upgrading a heavy crude oil includes the steps of providing a heavy crude oil; and exposing the heavy crude oil to residue conversion conditions in the presence of a free radical generator and a hydrogen donor, whereby the free radical generator enhanc... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6645371 | Process for treating a hydrocarbon feed, comprising a counter-current fixed bed hydrotreatment step A process is described that can limit pressure drops during a catalytic hydrotreatment process carried out in a fixed bed reactor. The liquid feed and gaseous reactant are injected into the reactor either side of the bed and flow as a counter-current. Pre... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6270655 | Catalytic hydroconversion of chemically digested organic municipal solid waste materials A hydrocarbon liquid feedstock containing at least 50 wt. % chemically digested organic-MSW material is catalytically hydroconverted utilizing either a single stage or two-stage catalytic reaction process to produce desirable lower-boiling hydrocarbon liq... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6090271 | Enhanced olefin yields in a catalytic process with diolefins The invention provides a process for improving the conversion of a hydrocarbon feedstock to light olefins comprising mixing a hydrocarbon feedstock with a diolefin to form a mixture; and thereafter contacting the mixture with a zeolite cracking catalyst. ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6002058 | Process for the alkylation of benzene A process for the alkylation of benzene contained in a mixed refinery stream is disclosed wherein the refinery stream is first subjected to hydrogenation of higher olefins prior to alkylation of the benzene with selected types and quantities of lower olef... | 12/14/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5948238 | Metal compounds as accelerators for petroleum acid esterification The present invention relates to a process for reducing the acidity of a petroleum oil containing organic acids comprising treating said petroleum oil containing organic acids with an effective amount of an alcohol at a temperature and under conditions su... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5894076 | Process for alkylation of benzene A process for the alkylation of benzene contained in a mixed refinery stream is disclosed wherein the refinery stream is first subjected to hydrogenation of higher olefins prior to alkylation of the benzene with selected types and quantities of lower olef... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5807477 | Process for the treatment of light naphtha hydrocarbon streams A process for treating a light cracked naphtha to be used as an etherification or alkylation feedstock in which the mercaptans and diolefins reacted in a single pass fixed bed reactor and are removed in a distillation column reactor which hydrogenate the ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5788724 | Process for the conversion of hydrocarbon materials having a high molecular weight Process for the conversion of a hydrocarbon material having a high molecular weight, in particular petroleum residues or heavy crude oils or reduced crude oils, comprising the following steps: impregnating or mixing the hydrocarbon material with a catalyst; py... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5714056 | Process for deasphalting residua (HEN9511) A process for deasphalting a residua feedstock by use of a short vapor contact time thermal process unit comprised of a horizontal moving bed of fluidized hot particles. It is preferred that a mechanical means be used to fluidize a bed of hot particles.... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5676711 | Oil conversion process An improved process for producing a low-sulfur fuel oil or gas from used oil and finely divided coal. After mixing, the coal/oil slurry is heated within a pressure vessel to a temperature of approximately 850° F. and the pressure increased to approximate... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5660717 | Abatement of hydrolyzable cations in crude oil Hydrolyzable cations contained in crude oil are removed from crude oil by treatment of the crude oil with an aqueous solution containing 100 to 5000 ppm of a water soluble anionic polymer containing at least 20 mole percent mer groups from the group consi... | 08/26/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5431812 | Coking process A feedstock composition comprising residuum fractions and deasphalter bottoms is formulated by use of a carbon residue characterization factor. It has been found in the feedstock composition that the character of carbon residue is determinative of the cok... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5384037 | Integrated process for the production of distillate hydrocarbon A process for the production of a distillable hydrocarbon product stream from a first distillate hydrocarbon stream, a second distillate hydrocarbon stream and a waste lubricant stream by means of contacting the waste lubricant stream with a hot hydrogen-... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5370787 | Thermal treatment of petroleum residua with alkylaromatic or paraffinic co-reactant Thermal treatment of heavy petroleum resid in the presence of moderate amounts of light aromatics or paraffins produces more liquid product at the expense of gas and coke than when treated alone under identical conditions.... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5318695 | Fluid cracking process for producing low emissions fuels A fluid catalytic cracking process for producing relatively low emissions fuels. The feedstock is exceptionally low in nitrogen and aromatics and relatively high in hydrogen. The catalyst is an amorphous silica-alumina or a zeolitic material having a rela... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5314612 | Fluid catalytic cracking process for producing low emissions fuels Disclosed is a fluid catalytic cracking process for producing low emissions fuels. The feedstock is exceptionally low in nitrogen and aromatics and relatively high in hydrogen. The catalyst is a mixture of zeolite Y and zeolite beta (ଲ). The feedsto... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5288390 | Polycyclic aromatic ring cleavage (PARC) process A process for the processing or upgrading of heavy oil fractions containing polynuclear aromatics is disclosed. The process comprises selectively oxidizing a feedstock under low severity conditions in a multi-phase system, wherein one phase is an aqueous ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5198098 | Magnetic separation of old from new equilibrium particles by means of manganese addition An improved catalytic process for heavy hydrocarbon conversion, (usually, but not necessarily, in the presence of nickel and vanadium on the catalyst and in the feedstock.) to produce lighter molecular weight fractions. Manganese, which has paramagnetic p... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5176816 | Process to produce a hydrogenated distillable hydrocarbonaceous product An integrated process for the production of a hydrogenated distillable hydrocarbonaceous product from a temperature-sensitive hydrocarbonaceous stream containing a non-distillable component by the utilization of a hot hydrogen flash zone and a secondary s... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5110444 | Multi-stage hydrodesulfurization and hydrogenation process for distillate hydrocarbons Middle distillate petroleum streams are hydrotreated to produce a low sulfur and low aromatic product in a process employing three reaction zones in series. Hydrogen flows between the reaction zones countercurrent to the hydrocarbons. Hydrogen sulfide is ... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5080777 | Refining of heavy slurry oil fractions For upgrading heavy slurry oil containing catalyst fines from a catalytic cracking operation, the viscosity of the slurry oil is lowered in a hydrovisbreaking process step. In a preferred embodiment an admixture of the fines containing slurry oil and a me... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5051163 | Nitrogen-tolerant cracking process A process is disclosed for reducing the impact of basic compounds, such as nitrogen, on hydrocarbonaceous feed intended for catalytic cracking. In a preferred embodiment, a portion of the regenerated catalyst of a catalytic cracking process is separated a... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5024750 | Process for converting heavy hydrocarbon oil Heavy hydrocarbon oil, containing asphaltene, sulfur and metal contaminants, is hydrotreated in the presence of a hydrotreating catalyst having a small pore diameter in an initial process step to remove sulfur and metal contaminants. Removal of additional... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5013424 | Process for the simultaneous hydrogenation of a first feedstock comprising hydrocarbonaceous compounds and having a non-distillable component and a second feedstock comprising halogenated organic compounds A process for the production of hydrogenated, distillable hydrocarbonaceous product from a feed comprising hydrocarbonaceous compounds and having a non-distillable component, and a feed comprising halogenated organic compounds by means of contacting the f... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5009767 | Recycle of oily refinery wastes Petroleum refinery waste stream sludges are recycled by segregating the sludges according to their oil content. Sludges of high oil content are developed and then injected into a delayed coking unit during the coking phase so that they are converted to co... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4985133 | Reducing NOx emissions from FCC regenerators by segregated cracking of feed A fluidized catalytic cracking process using a riser reactor to crack a mixture of high and low nitrogen content fresh feeds is operated to reduce NOx emissions in the regenerator flue gas. Segregation of the feed into high and low nitrogen con... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4960505 | Process for the hydrogenation of hydrocarbon oils Process for the hydrogenation of hydrocarbon oils by contacting a hydrocarbon oil containing hydrogenatable components and having a boiling range between 130° C. and 520° C. with hydrogen under conditions causing substantial hydrogenation using a cataly... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4960503 | Heating FCC feed in a backmix cooler A process for the fluidized catalytic cracking of an FCC feedstock uses a backmix catalyst cooler to heat FCC feed and control tube wall temperatures to avoid coking and thermal cracking. Heated FCC feed contacts the catalyst in a reactor riser to convert... | 10/02/1990 |
