Mineral Oil Containing Patents (Class 201/23)
  • Patent number: 11767482
    Abstract: High quality coke products made in horizontal ovens such as heat recovery, non-recovery or Thompson ovens from an optimized coal blend. The coke products have unique properties such as an oblong shape and improved Coke Strength after Reaction (CSR) and Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: John Francis Quanci, Jonathan Perkins
  • Patent number: 11486022
    Abstract: In a ferrocoke manufacturing method by shaping and carbonizing a mixture of coal and iron ore, a hardly softening coal having a button index (CSN) of not more than 2.0 is used as the coal. The coal can be a blend of hardly softening coal and easily softening coal, and the hardly softening coal can be a coal having a button index (CSN) of 1.0 and a volatile matter of not less than 17%, and the easily softening coal can be a coal satisfying that a value obtained by multiplying CSN of easily softening coal by a blending ratio of easily softening coal in all coals is a range of 0.3-5.2. The coal can also be a blend of hardly softening coal and easily softening coal, and the hardly softening coal can be a coal having a button index (CSN) of 1.5-2.0, and the easily softening coal can be a coal satisfying that a value obtained by multiplying CSN of easily softening coal by a blending ratio of easily softening coal in all coals is nit more than 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Fujimoto, Takashi Anyashiki, Toru Shiozawa
  • Patent number: 11473016
    Abstract: Provided is a continuous process for converting waste plastic into recycle for polyethylene polymerization. In one embodiment, the process comprises selecting waste plastics containing polyethylene and/or polypropylene and passing the waste plastics through a pyrolysis reactor to thermally crack at least a portion of the polyolefin waste and produce a pyrolyzed effluent. The pyrolyzed effluent is separated into offgas, a naphtha/diesel fraction, a heavy fraction, and char. The naphtha/diesel fraction is passed to a crude unit distillation column in a refinery where a straight run naphtha (C5-C8) fraction or a propane/butane (C3-C4) fraction is recovered. The straight run naphtha fraction (C5-C8) or the propane/butane (C3-C4) fraction is passed to a steam cracker for ethylene production. The heavy fraction from the pyrolysis unit can also be passed to an isomerization dewaxing unit to produce a base oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Hye-Kyung Timken
  • Patent number: 10640719
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to the introduction of a renewable fuel oil as a feedstock into refinery systems or field upgrading equipment. For example, the present application is directed to methods of introducing a liquid thermally produced from biomass into a petroleum conversion unit; for example, a refinery fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), a coker, a field upgrader system, a hydrocracker, and/or hydrotreating unit; for co-processing with petroleum fractions, petroleum fraction reactants, and/or petroleum fraction feedstocks and the products, e.g., fuels, and uses and value of the products resulting therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
  • Patent number: 10487265
    Abstract: Providing a method for pyrolysis treatment of oily sludge and environment-friendly renovation of the residue thereof with humic acid substance. The method relates to inside-mixing solid heat carrier with oily sludge to improve the liquid yield, and completely removing the petroleum hydrocarbons from pyrolyzing residue by calcinating it in a fluidized bed, and using the fractionated large and medium particles as the circulating heat carrier, and discharging the fine particles, and performing environment-friendly renovation with the biological humic acid substance to achieve combinations of the harmless technical measures, thereby achieve harmlessness, reduced quantity and resourceful treatment of the oily sludge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Yuanyu Tian, Yingyun Qiao, Kechang Xie, Zhaohe Yang, Haifeng Zhou, Jie Li
  • Patent number: 10144656
    Abstract: A water filtration system and method combining the porous, filtering medium of activated charcoal with anti-algae effects of barley straw. Ground activated charcoal and ground barley straw are compressed into filtration matrices. Compressed filtration matrices are configured to be housed within a mesh container and for placement within an open pond or water tank. The water filtration system and method filters contaminants and inhibits algae growth in the water, thus cleaning, filtering, and clarifying the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kimball & Sons, Inc.
    Inventor: Von D. Kimball
  • Patent number: 9567654
    Abstract: A binder for making metallurgical coke and a process for making the binder. The binder is thermally hydrocracked pitch which has been de-ashed. The binder may be mixed with low rank bituminous coal, heated to make coke which is acceptable as a metallurgical coke. The thermally hydrocracked pitch may be de-ashed by mixing with a solvent, and separating the insoluble portions from the soluble portions using a centrifuge. The soluble portions may be separated from the solvent, for example, in a fractionating section, and used as the binder with poor coking coal to make metallurgical coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Jagannathan Govindhakannan
  • Patent number: 8927797
    Abstract: The method produces a hydrocarbonaceous fluid (a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, or in other words a mixture of hydrocarbons which is liquid at ambient room temperature and atmospheric pressure), which functionally is a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, from a feed of waste plastic. The method can comprise the steps of: (step 1) melting a feed of substantially solid waste plastic in an aerobic atmosphere (for instance, air) whereby a waste-plastic melt is produced; (step 2) distilling at least a portion of the waste-plastic melt whereby a hydrocarbonaceous distillate is produced; and (step 3) collecting the hydrocarbonaceous distillate. That distillate is generally referred to above as a condensate. The method can include the step of comminuting the feed of substantially solid waste plastic into pieces substantially no greater than about 1.5 cm2 prior to step 1. The method can also include the step of adding an effective amount of a cracking catalyst to the waste plastic prior to step 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Natural State Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Moinuddin Sarker
  • Patent number: 8920609
    Abstract: The device and method are provided to increase anhydrosugars yield during pyrolysis of biomass. This increase is achieved by injection of a liquid or gas into the vapor stream of any pyrolysis reactor prior to the reactor condensers. A second feature of our technology is the utilization of sonication, microwave excitation, or shear mixing of the biomass to increase the acid catalyst rate for demineralization or removal of hemicellulose prior to pyrolysis. The increased reactivity of these treatments reduces reaction time as well as the required amount of catalyst to less than half of that otherwise required. A fractional condensation system employed by our pyrolysis reactor is another feature of our technology. This system condenses bio-oil pyrolysis vapors to various desired fractions by differential temperature manipulation of individual condensers comprising a condenser chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventors: Philip H. Steele, Fei Yu, Qi Li, Brian Mitchell
  • Patent number: 8476480
    Abstract: A method of fractionating bio-oil vapors which involves providing bio-oil vapors comprising bio-oil constituents is described. The bio-oil vapors are cooled in a first stage which comprises a condenser having passages for the bio-oil separated by a heat conducting wall from passages for a coolant. The coolant in the condenser of the first stage is maintained at a substantially constant temperature, set at a temperature in the range of 75 to 100° C., to condense a first liquid fraction of liquefied bio-oil constituents in the condenser of the first stage. The first liquid fraction of liquified bio-oil constituents from the condenser in the first stage is collected. Also described are steps for subsequently recovering further liquid fractions of liquefied bio-oil constituents. Particular compositions of bio-oil condensation products are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Brown, Samuel T. Jones, Anthony Pollard
  • Patent number: 8350104
    Abstract: To provide a method for catalytically cracking waste plastics wherein the efficiency in decomposition is high; even polyethylene composed of linear chain molecules difficult in decomposition is decomposable at a low temperature and decomposed residue is hardly produced; the process is simple since dechlorination can be achieved at the same time with catalytically cracking waste plastics in one reaction vessel; and oil fractions can be recovered at 50% or more on a net yield basis. The method for catalytically cracking waste plastics of the present invention has a constitution in which waste plastics are loaded as a raw material into a granular FCC catalyst heated to a temperature range from 350° C. to 500° C. inside a reaction vessel, thereby decomposing and gasifying the waste plastics in contact with the FCC catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kaoru Fujimoto, Xiaohong Li
  • Publication number: 20120325641
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of a biofuel from a feedstock that includes a solid biomass material such as lemna. A hydrocarbon feedstock is fed into the coking process and reaction products generated from the thermal process are collected. The invention further relates to the production of a coke product having an isotropic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Foster Wheeler USA Corporation
    Inventors: John Daniel Elliott, David Allan Wedlake
  • Patent number: 8083900
    Abstract: A process and system for separating water from bio-oil by using a partial condenser. The process comprises partially condensing vapor conversion products from a biomass conversion reaction to produce a water-rich overhead stream and a water-depleted stream comprising condensed bio-oil. The partial condenser removes a substantial portion of the water from the bio-oil, while providing an effective and flexible process for producing bio-oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Kior Inc.
    Inventor: Ronny W. Lin
  • Publication number: 20110233042
    Abstract: Biomass is used as a co-feed for a heavy petroleum oil coking process to improve the operation of the coking process and to utilize biomaterial for the production of transportation fuels. The coking process may be a delayed coking process or a fluidized bed coking process and in each case, the presence of the biomass will decrease the coke drying time so reducing coke handling problems in the unit besides forming a superior coke product. In the case of a fluidized bed coking process using a gasifier for the coke, the addition of an alkali metal salt improves the operation of the gasifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael SISKIN, Glen E. PHILLIPS, Simon R. KELEMEN, Walter WEISSMAN
  • Patent number: 7932424
    Abstract: To provide a method for catalytically cracking waste plastics wherein the efficiency in decomposition is high; even polyethylene composed of linear chain molecules difficult in decomposition is decomposable at a low temperature and decomposed residue is hardly produced; the process is simple since dechlorination can be achieved at the same time with catalytically cracking waste plastics in one reaction vessel; and oil fractions can be recovered at 50% or more on a net yield basis. The method for catalytically cracking waste plastics of the present invention has a constitution in which waste plastics are loaded as a raw material into a granular FCC catalyst heated to a temperature range from 350° C. to 500° C. inside a reaction vessel, thereby decomposing and gasifying the waste plastics in contact with the FCC catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kaoru Fujimoto, Xiaohong Li
  • Patent number: 7905990
    Abstract: A rapid thermal conversion process for efficiently converting wood, other biomass materials, and other carbonaceous feedstock (including hydrocarbons) into high yields of valuable liquid product, e.g., bio-oil, on a large scale production. Biomass material, e.g., wood, is feed to a conversion system where the biomass material is mixed with an upward stream of hot heat carriers, e.g., sand, that thermally convert the biomass into a hot vapor stream. The hot vapor stream is rapidly quenched with quench media in one or more condensing chambers located downstream of the conversion system. The rapid quenching condenses the vapor stream into liquid product, which is collected from the condensing chambers as a valuable liquid product. The liquid product may itself be used as the quench media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Freel
  • Patent number: 7718038
    Abstract: A retort heating method for processing a feed material includes a heating chamber bound at least in part by said wall. A plurality of baffles are at least partially disposed with the heating chamber. Each baffle includes an elongated body having a top surface, at least a portion of the top surface being arched. The plurality of baffles are vertically and horizontally spaced apart so that substantially all of the feed material that vertically passes through the heating chamber is horizontally displaced as the feed material passes by the baffles. The method for oil shale processing within the retort chamber includes for heating the feed material within the heating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Ambre Energy Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Byron G. Merrell, Michael R. Keller, Roger K. Noble
  • Publication number: 20090139851
    Abstract: The present invent provides improved rapid thermal conversion processes for efficiently converting wood, other biomass materials, and other carbonaceous feedstock (including hydrocarbons) into high yields of valuable liquid product, e.g., bio-oil, on a large scale production. In an embodiment, biomass material, e.g., wood, is feed to a conversion system where the biomass material is mixed with an upward stream of hot heat carriers, e.g., sand, that thermally convert the biomass into a hot vapor stream. The hot vapor stream is rapidly quenched with quench media in one or more condensing chambers located downstream of the conversion system. The rapid quenching condenses the vapor stream into liquid product, which is collected from the condensing chambers as a valuable liquid product. In one embodiment, the liquid product itself is used as the quench media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventor: Barry Freel
  • Patent number: 7531703
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of recycling a plastic thereby forming a narrow spectrum of hydrocarbons having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms that can be directly used as gasoline without additional processing or refining. The method includes the step of feeding the plastic, selected from the group of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and combinations thereof, into a heated vessel for melting. The method also includes the step of decomposing the plastic at a temperature of from 400° C. to 500° C. in the presence of a metallocene catalyst and a zeolitic catalyst thereby forming the hydrocarbons having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms. The metallocene catalyst includes dichlorobis(2-methylindenyl)zirconium (IV). The zeolitic catalyst includes ammonium Y zeolite and has a pore size of from 1 to 4 Angstroms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Ecoplastifuel, Inc.
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Joel Sibul
  • Patent number: 6972085
    Abstract: A system for refining hydrocarbon containing materials in a continuous coking mode may provide a pyrolyzer (1) which may be inclined to effect a liquid seal between a liquid conduction environment (6) and a gaseous conduction environment (7). A heat source (9) may heat the material past the coking point and the system may include a screw or auger (10) which can continuously remove the coke while simultaneously outputting refined products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: The University of Wyoming Research Corporation
    Inventors: Lee E. Brecher, Lyle A. Johnson, Jr., Vijay K. Sethi
  • Patent number: 6881303
    Abstract: 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 produced during the heating process is then removed and a pyrolysate is thus produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Tokyo Ertec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoji Inoue, Satoru Aikawa, Norihiro Inagaki, Shigeru Tasaka
  • Patent number: 6830660
    Abstract: In a method of producing coke for metallurgy by carbonizing a coal blend obtained by blending plural raw coals in an coke oven, a coal blend containing not less than 60 wt % of a medium coking coal of middle coalification degree and low fluidity having an inert component content of not less than 30% is used as a coal charged into the coke oven, whereby a great amount of raw coal of a brand being cheap and easily available can be blended in a great amount and hence coke for metallurgy having an excellent quality such as strength or the like can be produced by blending few brands of coals as compared with a coal blend of many brands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Yamauchi, Seiji Sakamoto, Katsutoshi Igawa, Shizuki Kasaoka, Toshiro Sawada, Koichi Shinohara, Yuji Tsukihara, Shinjiro Baba
  • Patent number: 6736940
    Abstract: Tire pyrolysis systems and processes are provided which include feeding tire shreds to a pyrolysis reactor, pyrolyzing the shreds in a pyrolysis reactor to produce a hydrocarbon-containing gas stream and carbon-containing solid, removing the carbon-containing solid from the reactor, directing the hydrocarbon-containing gas stream into a separator, contacting the hydrocarbon-containing gas stream with an oil spray in the separator thereby washing particulate from the hydrocarbon-containing gas stream and condensing a portion of the gas stream to oil, removing and cooling the oil from the separator, directing non-condensed gas from the gas stream away from the separator, and directing a portion of the cooled oil removed from the separator to an inlet of the separator for use as the separator oil spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Renaissance Recycling, Inc.
    Inventors: Blaine Masemore, Robert Zarrizski
  • Patent number: 6365038
    Abstract: Asphaltene and oil shale are pyrolyzed at substantially atmospheric pressure for producing combustible products and carbonaceous material. A combustor combusts the carbonaceous material and produces flue gases which are supplied to a utilization device, and hot ash which is fed back to the pyrolyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Ormat Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Benjamin Doron
  • Patent number: 5961786
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to a new method and apparatus for the fast pyrolysis of carbonaceous materials involving rapid mixing, high heat transfer rates, precisely controlled short uniform residence times and rapid primary product quench in an upflow, entrained-bed, transport reactor with heat carrier solids recirculation. A carbonaceous feedstock, a non-oxidative transport gas and inorganic particulate heat supplying material are rapidly mixed in a reactor base section, then transported upward through an entrained-bed tubular reactor. A cyclonic hot solids recirculation system separates the solids from the non-condensible gases and primary product vapors and returns them to the mixer. Product vapors are rapidly quenched to provide maximum yields of liquids, petrochemicals, high value gases and selected valuable chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Ensyn Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
  • Patent number: 5846385
    Abstract: 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 treatments, recovering and reusing efficiently fuel oil, fuel gas and residues as well as electric power and heat required for the apparatus in the self-supplying feedback system of the invention, and additionally, lowering successfully the possibility of secondary pollution from wastes disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Inventor: Szu Jeng Chien
  • Patent number: 5792340
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to a new method and apparatus for the fast pyrolysis of carbonaceous materials involving rapid mixing, high heat transfer rates, precisely controlled short uniform residence times and rapid primary product quench in an upflow, entrained-bed, transport reactor with heat carrier solids recirculation. A carbonaceous feedstock, a non-oxidative transport gas and inorganic particulate heat supplying material are rapidly mixed in a reactor base section, then transported upward through an entrained-bed tubular reactor. A cyclonic hot solids recirculation system separates the solids from the non-condensible gases and primary product vapors and returns them to the mixer. Product vapors are rapidly quenched to provide maximum yields of liquids, petrochemicals, high value gases and selected valuable chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Ensyn Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry A. Freel, Robert G. Graham
  • Patent number: 5789636
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for recovering synthetic raw materials and fluid fuel components from used or waste plastics in accordance with patent application P 43 11 034,7. At least a partial flow of the depolymer produced according to this process is subjected, together with coal, to a coking process, fed to a thermal utilization system or introduced as a reducing agent into a blast furnace process. The depolymer can be used as an additive for bitumen and bituminous products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Veba Oel AG
    Inventors: Rolf Holighaus, Klaus Niemann, Claus Strecker
  • Patent number: 5780696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recycling waste which consists essentially of one or more plastics comprising polyvinyl chloride (PVC), in which:the waste is mixed with a heavy oil, in a reactor under an inert atmosphere, at an internal temperature of at least 300.degree. C., and the hydrogen chloride (HCl) which is evolved is collected;the contents of the reactor are then cracked at a temperature of at least 400.degree. C., and at least part of the gases which are evolved are extracted from the reactor;the contents of the reactor are then cooled and the residual solid product is collected.HCl, coke, hydrocarbon gases and various oils are thus mainly obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Siegfried Bauer
  • Patent number: 5460699
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for recovering energy values of waste tar sludge comprises dewatering the waste tar sludge, transporting the dewatered tar sludge in enclosed containers vented through activated carbon to remove volatile hydrocarbons before vapors are vented to the atmosphere, and injecting the dewatered tar sludge into the side wall of a coke oven charging hole along with a stream of coking coal introduced through the top of the charging hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: USX Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Bilan, Anthony J. Nuzzo
  • Patent number: 5426259
    Abstract: 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 decomposition of the wastes to force out the combustible gas within said waste containing chamber and said waste containing chamber is then opened, so as to prevent an explosion due to mixing of the residual combustible gas within the waste containing chamber and air after the termination of thermal decomposition of the wastes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: Hojo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuharu Hojo, Toshio Koguchi
  • Patent number: 5423950
    Abstract: The reactor forms a chamber which contains the reaction process. There are accesses to the chamber for receiving shredded tires and oil. There are egresses from the chamber for discharging the tire oil and for discharging unreacted elements. Apparatus is located within the chamber which separates the unreacted components of the shredded tires from the tire oil. The apparatus also provides for the removal of the unreacted elements from the chamber means. The reactor also includes a heater which heats the inside of the chamber to a temperature sufficient to cause a reaction between the shredded tires and the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Vahan Avetisian, Constantin Bugescu, Robert S. Burton, III, Craig J. Castagnoli, Suk-Bae Cha, Kenneth S. Lee, Allen M. Robin
  • Patent number: 5378323
    Abstract: This invention comprises a method and apparatus for removing oil and tar based wood preservatives from sawdust. A pole treated with oil or tar basee wood preservative is shaved to remove the treated outer wood layer, leaving the interior preservative free. The sawdust is subjected to rapid heating in a turbulent oxygen-free gas stream and the oil and tar are rapidly distilled from the sawdust. The sawdust and gas are separated in a mechanical separator and the hot gas is rapidly cooled, condensed and recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Worthing Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Fransham, John Rasmussen, Stan Ainslie
  • Patent number: 5340464
    Abstract: A process for disposing of filter media is provided, which process comprises (a) mixing a filter media with a hydrocarbonaceous mixing stream to form a media-hydrocarbon mixture and (b) feeding said media-hydrocarbon mixture to a coking vessel. Preferred coking vessels include delayed cokers, fluidized cokers, and coke calciners. An apparatus for disposing of filter media is provided, which apparatus comprises (a) a coking vessel; (b) a mixer to mix the filter media with a hydrocarbonaeous mixing fluid to form a media- hydrocarbonaeous fluid mixture; and, (c) a feed means to feed the media-hydrocarbonaeous fluid mixture to the coking vessel. Preferably, the apparatus comprises a size reduction means to reduce the size of the filter media to form a media staple comprising fiber clusters having a desired shape and size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventor: Anthony Mickas
  • Patent number: 5215651
    Abstract: A process for producing coke, which comprises uniformly dispersing and mixing a carbonized product having an average aspect ratio of at least 1.5 to a starting material oil and then coking the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation
    Inventors: Iwao Yamamoto, Kenji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5071515
    Abstract: The density and crush resistance of calcined coke are improved by depositing coker feedstock on green (uncalcined) coke, thereafter subjecting the coke to a heat soak and then calcining the coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Newman, Lynn J. Whitebay
  • Patent number: 4957596
    Abstract: In a process for producing a coke by carbonization of a starting coal, the improvement wherein a coal containing a bulk density improving agent composed of a high-molecular organic compound capable of forming a hydrous gel in the presence of moisture is used as the starting coal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizoo Ukita, Tetsuo Hamaguchi, Masaaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 4842692
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Inventor: David L. Baker
  • Patent number: 4797198
    Abstract: 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 residue is eliminated by deposition or thermal treatment (gasification). In the case of a thermal treatment of the extraction residue, other residues can be simultaneously converted, so that the process is performed without yield of environmentally burdensome residues or by-products. Ethane in particular and/or propane is employed as solvent for the supercritical extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Krupp-Koppers GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Wetzel, Hubert Coenen, Winfried Kreuch
  • Patent number: 4596584
    Abstract: A solid fuel consists of a mixture of one or more paper products and one or more oil products. Preferred mixtures one waste paper with fuel oil, waste oil, petroleum coke or refinery bottoms. A binding agent and/or an amount of water may be added to the above constituents. A method of making said solid fuel is also submitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Inventor: William F. Darby
  • Patent number: 4553978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting ligneous matter of vegetable origin by torrefaction, and to the product obtained. Wood or any other ligneous matter is subjected in a neutral atmosphere to a treatment of torrefaction at a temperature of between 200.degree. and 280.degree. C., and preferably between 240.degree. and 260.degree. C. for a duration of 30 mins. to 5 hours. The product of the invention is not fermentable, it has a specific mass close to 0.25 kg/dm.sup.3, a calorific power of at least about 5000 kcal/kg, a content of fixed carbon of 35 to 40% and can be broken up by hand; it may be used as fuel in boilers and in gas generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Association pour la Recherche et le Developpement des Methodes et Processus Industriels
    Inventor: Schwob Yvan
  • Patent number: 4533463
    Abstract: Coal and residual oil are simultaneously processed in a reactor with a combustion zone at the bottom and a fluidized bed on top of it. The residual oil is injected into heat exchange relationship with the top of the fluidized bed where it is cracked with heat generated by the combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Tsoung Y. Yan, Darrell D. Whitehurst
  • Patent number: 4511459
    Abstract: Coking of residual oil and devolatization/partial gasification and desulfurization of solid particulate fuel are carried out in a single reactor. The particulate fuel is burned in a combustion zone in the bottom of the reactor. A bed of particulate fuel is fluidized above the combustion zone with gases rising from the combustion zone. The fluidized bed is maintained at a temperature which cokes the residual oil and volatizes the particulate fuel. A high temperature, low velocity zone is maintained between the combustion zone and the fluidized bed for calcination and desulfurization of the solid fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Tsoung Y. Yan, Paul Shu
  • Patent number: 4481100
    Abstract: An improved surge bin for a Lurgi-Ruhrgas process has baffles which promote uniform flow of feed material through the surge bin. Improved retorting of kerogen from oil shale is obtained. Stripping gas such as steam, is supplied to the surge bin. A separator has a large disengaging volume to remove entrained solid particles and improve the quality of the hydrocarbon product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Clinton R. Kennedy, Frederick J . Krambeck
  • Patent number: 4452670
    Abstract: Coal fines developed from the processing of coal through a preheating system are accumulated in a secondary cyclone system. The coal fines, at an elevated temperature, are mixed with a hydrocarbon organic binder and compressed into larger particles of sufficient structural integrity and mass to be fed directly through pneumatic pressure coke oven coal charging lines without significant size reduction, resulting in the elimination of fine coal build-up in one coke oven standpipes and charging mains as well as overloading of the charging liquor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Koppers Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Kovacic, Michael Perch, Bernard R. Kuchta
  • Patent number: 4421604
    Abstract: The quality of coke is improved by measuring the width of a plastic zone of a given type of coal, comparing said measured zone with a predetermined zone width known to result in good quality coke, adjusting certain characteristics of said given coal prior to charging it into the coke oven to cause a change in said zone width of the coal that will ultimately result in improved coke quality. Typical adjusting steps include preheating the coal and/or the addition of coal binders, such as, various carbon and petro-based binding agents, for example, pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: Ruhrkohle Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilhelm Weskamp, Gerd Nashan, Wilhelm Stewen
  • Patent number: 4396396
    Abstract: A method of deashing coal wherein the coal is wetted with hydrocarbon liquid to form agglomerates and the hydrophilic agglomerates are then separated from a water and ash phase to yield deashed coal agglomerates. The hydrocarbon liquid is then recovered from the coal agglomerates by a vacuum stripping in the absence of oxidizing gases with or without use of super heated steam. Where super heated steam is used the removed hydrocarbon liquid is subsequently separated from the steam by cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Inventor: David E. Mainwaring
  • Patent number: 4358290
    Abstract: An improved solid fuel obtained by blending fluid coke with 2 to 20 wt. % of a heavy petroleum liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1982
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Nai Y. Chen, Dennis E. Walsh
  • Patent number: 4351702
    Abstract: A heavy high-sulfur hydrocarbonaceous feedstock is partially delayed coked and partially formcoked. The coke products are screened, with larger particles being calcined at desulfurizing temperatures and smaller particles being recycled to the formcoker. Overhead products from both coking operations are combined, fractionated, and desulfurized. The heaviest cut from the fractionator is combined with the feedstock as recycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Newman, Lyndon D. Boyer
  • Patent number: 4344769
    Abstract: In the pre-heating of coal the coal is entrained and/or fluidized in a heat exchange chamber by a heat-transfer gas which pneumatically conveys the coal from the chamber through a duct to a separator in which the coal is separated from gas. A hydrocarbon binder in a liquid state is injected into the coal in the duct through which the coal is being pneumatically conveyed by the gas to the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: Charbonnages de France
    Inventors: Roger M. Puff, Jean-Claude Kita