Patents Assigned to Marathon Oil Sands (U.S.A.) Inc.
  • Publication number: 20090090654
    Abstract: Embodiments of a nozzle reactor of the type useable to inject a first material feed stock and a second material feed stock to cause interaction between the first material feed stock and second material feed stock are described herein. According to one embodiment, the nozzle reactor includes a reactor body having a reactor body passage with an injection end and an ejection end. The nozzle reactor also includes a first material injector having a first material injection passage and being mounted in the nozzle reactor in material injecting communication with the injection end of the reactor body. The first material injection passage can have an enlarged volume injection section, an enlarged volume ejection section, and a reduced volume mid-section intermediate the enlarged volume injection section and the enlarged volume ejection section. The first material injection passage can also have a material injection end and a material ejection end in injecting communication with the reactor body passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Marathon Oil Sands (U.S.A.) Inc.
    Inventors: Willem Duyvesteyn, Gordon R. Wicker