Abstract: The invention here disclosed is a novel apparatus and method for the separation of solid and fluid phases in a horizontal elongated cyclone separator with a novel inclined solid dropout continuous and uninterrupted slot in the bottom to transfer a solid phase via primary mass separation from either an upflow or a downflow reactor in the initial portion of the cyclone separator to a downcomer which may be equipped with a stripping function. The instant horizontal elongated cyclone separator is constructed to ensure an elongated helical flow path of the vapor phase with a minor portion of the catalyst particles therein from one end of the cyclone separator to a withdrawal conduit to disengage via secondary centrifical separation a minor portion of the solid phase from the fluid phase. The minor portion of the solid phase is thereafter transmitted to the stripping function by a vertical downcomer interconnecting the stripping function and the bottom of the horizontal elongated cyclone separator.

Abstract: A fuel composition is disclosed comprising a major amount of base fuel and a minor amount of an additive (a) being a polyhydric alcohol ester of a succinic acid derivative having as substituent on at least one of its .alpha.-carbon atoms an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 20 to 500 carbon atoms or of a succinic acid derivative having on one of its .alpha.-carbon atoms an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 20 to 500 carbon atoms which is connected to the other .alpha.-carbon atom by means of a hydrocarbon moiety having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms forming a ring structure, and further a minor amount of an additive (b) being an aliphatic polyamine containing at least one hydrocarbon chain having a number average molecular weight in the range from 500 to 10,000 attached to nitrogen and/or carbon atoms of the alkylene radicals connecting the amino nitrogen atoms.

Abstract: The disclosure of the invention concerns a unique process for the isomerization of a double bond for movement of the same from the alpha position to an internal position of the olefinic molecule. The catalyst utilized for this migration is an 8 and 10 member ring aluminosilicate or tectosilicate having the surface treated with a silane compound.

Abstract: This invention concerns a coolant system for a vehicle which possesses a radiator and an excess coolant reservoir to reduce the content of oxygen in the radiator cooling system. An exhaust vent tube communicates with ambient air and the excess coolant reservoir to expel gases generated during engine startup and continuous use. A vacuum exhaust valve is situated in the exhaust vent tube to provide for the expulsion of gas and acts, during engine cool down, to pass exhaust gas to the excess coolant reservoir. This invention situates an adsorption zone, preferably comprised of activated carbon, intermediate the exhaust vent tube and the excess coolant reservoir to adsorb a large quantity of the oxygen being passed to the excess coolant reservoir during cool down periods. Once spent of its adsorption qualities, the adsorbent in the adsorption zone is regenerated by contact with automotive engine exhaust gas at a temperature of between 140.degree. C. and 150.degree. C.

Abstract: A grease composition is disclosed comprising a base fluid, a thickening agent, overbased calcium alkyl salicylate and overbased magnesium alkyl salicylate.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of an isomerate gasoline blending component where the octane value of the isomerate is increased relative to the overall cost of the process. After isomerization, the separatory sieve of this invention selectively adsorbs unreacted normal paraffins and mono-methyl-branched paraffins but not di-methyl-branched paraffins. The preferred separatory sieve is ferrierite. This process is an improvement over prior Total Isomerization Processes (using a calcium-5A separatory sieve) to recycle only n-paraffins to the isomerization zone.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for removing color or color inducing impurities to petroleum derived wax by means of an adsorbent comprising a refined inorganic oxide having a pore distribution such that at least 60% of the pores possess a size of less than 350 Angstroms. Preferably, at least 90% of the pores possess a size of less than 350 Angstroms. The preferred inorganic oxide is an aluminum oxide and preferably has a surface area between 200 square meters per gram and 500 square meters per gram. A process is also disclosed for wax finishing utilizing multiple beds of refined alumina which may be operated in a swing bed fashion to intimately regenerate the refined alumina absorbent by such procedural steps as naphtha soaking, steam treating and heating in air.

Abstract: This invention discloses an integral hydrocarbon conversion apparatus and process having a downflow hydrocarbon reactor, an upflow riser regenerator and a horizontal cyclone separator to permit the conversion of hydrocarbonaceous materials to hydrocarbonaceous products of lower molecular weight in a near zero pressure drop environment. A leg seal is provided surmounted to the downflow reactor to insure that the pressure is at least 0.5 psi higher than the upper portion of the downflow reactor (higher than the loop seal valve) vis-a-vis the pressure in the lower portion of the downflow reactor.

Abstract: The invention relates to catalytic conversion of fluid introduced into the upper end of a vessel (1), passed through a catalyst bed in the vessel (1), passed through passage (20) between guide elements (14) arranged in the vessel (1), and removed from the lower end of the vessel (1), wherein at or near narrow parts of the passages (20) cooling fluid is introduced into the passages (20) to control the temperature in the catalyst bed.

Abstract: Catalyst and hydrocarbon vapors are separated in a cyclone zone attached to the discharge of a riser cracking operation. A vortex stabilizer separating the cyclone zone from a stripping zone allows stripping gas from the stripping zone to be passed upwardly into the cyclone zone countercurrent to the downward flow of catalyst, thereby improving the separation and stripping of gaseous hydrocarbons from separated catalyst. The combined cyclone-stripping zone reduces catalyst hydrocarbon contact time, thereby improving gasoline yield and olefin content, decreasing gas make, and reducing coke deposits.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing the pressure drop in a riser reactor equipped with a horizontal tee joint connection which uses a fluid injection means selectively located at a point juxtaposed to the connection of the horizontal and vertical tubes to prohibit fine particle catalysts from backflow down the elongated riser reactor which omission thereby provides (1) an easy upflow of catalysts and hydrocarbon vapors through the riser reactor and (2) an incentive for the flow of particles up through the elongated riser and transfer laterally to the horizontal tee joint connection.

Abstract: A sleeve is provided to be retrofitted to a diesel fuel tank filling nozzle that has selective leaching properties such that an antifoamant agent, such as a silicon compound, migrates in a selective manner to the surface of the sleeve intermittent to passage of the diesel fuel over the sleeve. An initial gust of the diesel fuel will carry the antifoamant material from the nozzle sleeve into the consumer's fuel tank where it exhibits antifoaming activities and thereby permits a top-up of the diesel fuel tank of the vehicle.

Abstract: A reactor having a vertically extending vessel wall (2) is provided with a plurality of staggered elongated parallel tubes (8) adapted for being filled with catalyst material and substantially vertically extending between an upper tube plate (10) and a lower tube plate (9), means (12, 13) for circulating a heat transfer medium between the tube plates (9, 10) alongside the tube walls (8), inlet means (3, 17, 18) above the parallel tubes (8) for distributing fluid in the form of one or more sprays and gas over the plurality of tubes (8) and outlet means (4, 20) situated below the plurality of tubes (8) for removal of fluids from the reactor, wherein the plurality of staggered tubes (8) are arranged in rows such that the tubes of adjacent rows are staggered, and wherein upper tube plate (10) is provided with openings (15), having a lower part in which the tubes (8) are closely fitted and having a substantially concentric upper part diverging in upward direction, the upper ends of the adjacent openings having edg

Abstract: A process for producing synthesis gas by catalytic reforming of hydrocarbons with steam in a reaction zone which is subjected to heat exchange with a combustion gas and recycling heat exchanged combustion gas to a combustion zone. The invention further relates to an apparatus suitable for said process.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein comprises a process for the selective upgrading of combustion quality of a distillate transportation fuel by careful selective dehydrogenation, disproportionation and hydrogenation to convert cycloparaffinic materials contained in the distillate transportation fuel to acyclic paraffinic hydrocarbons, wherein said conversion is undertaken by first forming cyclomonoolefinic hydrocarbons from cycloparaffinic hydrocarbons via dehydrogenation, disproportionating the cyclomonoolefinic hydrocarbons to acyclic di-.alpha.-olefin hydrocarbons and then selectively hydrogenating said di-.alpha.-olefin hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen to saturate the double bonds of the di-.alpha.-olefin to form acyclic paraffinic hydrocarbons. The selective disproportionation reaction includes the addition of ethylene or an ethylene acting material to ring open the cyclomonoolefinic material.

Abstract: The instant invention discloses a method of removing heterocyclic basic nitrogen compounds from petroleum oils which comprises first enhancing the concentration of the heterocyclic basic nitrogen compounds in a portion of the petroleum oil and then extracting the enhanced portion of the heterocyclic basic nitrogen compounds with a two phase system having an aliphatic carboxylic acid as the extracting agent. In the hydrotreating embodiment of this invention a portion of all of the nitrogen compounds are converted to heterocyclic basic nitrogen compounds and thereby more feasibly extracted. In the distillation embodiment of this invention the nitrogen compounds are actually concentrated and thereby result in a more feasible extraction with the aliphatic carboxylic acid.

Abstract: Process for the removal of hydrogen sulphide from a gas mixture comprising passing the gas mixture through a reactor (2) filled with catalyst for the conversion of hydrogen sulphide to carbonyl sulphide, and separating the gas mixture leaving reactor (2) in a separator (7) at a temperature below the boiling point of carbonyl suplhide in a lighter fraction and a heavier fraction in which the carbonyl sulphide is absorbed.

Abstract: An apparatus to reduce the pressure drop in a riser reactor equipped with a horizontal tee joint connection which uses a mechanical implant located at a point juxtaposed the connection of the horizontal and vertical tubes to prohibit fine particle catalysts from backflow down through the elongated riser reactor which thereby provides an easy upflow of catalysts through the riser reactor.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing combustion chamber deposits in an internal combustion engine by the passage of an aqueous deadhering agent such as water to the combustion chamber at cold start conditions and permitting the engine to crank for a period of time until said deposits deadhere from the walls of the combustion chamber. The aqueous deadhering agent can be water or the same with a diluent, such as a lower alkyl ketone. This invention is applicable to combustion chamber deposits which have resulted from the use of an additive agent, such as an amine-urea type detergent additive in as low a concentration in gasoline fuel as 50 ppm.

Abstract: An apparatus suitable for solids-fluid (e.g. cracking catalyst/hydrogen vapor) separation comprising upwardly directed feed inlet means of which the upper part cooperates substantially tangentially with a housing comprising at least a domed upper section, at least one fluid outlet means which is in fluid communication with a central section of the housing, and downwardly directed solids outlet means in communcaition with at least one solids outlet opening in a lower section of the housing. The invention further relates to a process for separating fluid catalytic cracking catalyst particles from gaseous hydrocarbon conversion products and/or flue gases using said apparatus.