Abstract: Methods and systems for slurry hydrocracking with reduced feed bypass and methods for modulating an amount of toluene insoluble material present in a slurry hydrocracking reactor are provided. An exemplary slurry hydrocracking method comprises the steps of: combining a hydrocarbon feed and a slurry hydrocracking catalyst or catalyst precursor to generate a slurry hydrocracking feed; introducing the slurry hydrocracking feed to a slurry hydrocracking reactor under hydrocracking conditions suitable to generate a first product stream; drawing a drag stream from the slurry hydrocracking reactor, the drag stream comprising a hydrocarbon, mesophase material, and solid catalyst particles; separating the drag stream into a first separated stream and a recycle stream, with the first separated stream comprising mesophase material and solid catalyst particles, and the recycle stream comprising the hydrocarbon; and directing the recycle stream into the slurry hydrocracking reactor.

Abstract: A process for improving a recovery from a bottoms stream from a vacuum tower. The bottom stream is passed to a first cracking zone and unconverted material from the first cracking zone is passed to a second cracking zone. The first cracking zone may include a visbreaking reactor. The second cracking zone may include a slurry hydrocracking reactor.

Abstract: Methods and systems for slurry hydrocracking with reduced feed bypass and methods for modulating an amount of toluene insoluble material present in a slurry hydrocracking reactor are provided. An exemplary slurry hydrocracking method comprises the steps of: combining a hydrocarbon feed and a slurry hydrocracking catalyst or catalyst precursor to generate a slurry hydrocracking feed; introducing the slurry hydrocracking feed to a slurry hydrocracking reactor under hydrocracking conditions suitable to generate a first product stream; drawing a drag stream from the slurry hydrocracking reactor, the drag stream comprising a hydrocarbon, mesophase material, and solid catalyst particles; separating the drag stream into a first separated stream and a recycle stream, with the first separated stream comprising mesophase material and solid catalyst particles, and the recycle stream comprising the hydrocarbon; and directing the recycle stream into the slurry hydrocracking reactor.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for processing hydrocarbon stream are provided. In one embodiment, a method for processing a hydrocarbon stream includes hydrocracking the hydrocarbon stream to form a hydrocracking effluent including vacuum gas oil range components. The method removes the vacuum gas oil range components from the hydrocracking effluent to form a processed hydrocracking effluent. Further, the method includes hydrotreating the processed hydrocracking effluent to form a product stream.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for recycling a deashed pitch to a slurry hydrocracking zone. The process may include adding a solvent to a neat pitch to obtain a mixture, separating a supernate and a precipitate from the mixture, segregating the solvent from the supernate, and recycling the deashed pitch from the supernate to the slurry hydrocracking zone.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for recycling a deashed pitch to a slurry hydrocracking zone. The process may include adding a solvent to a neat pitch to obtain a mixture, separating a supernate and a precipitate from the mixture, segregating the solvent from the supernate, and recycling the deashed pitch from the supernate to the slurry hydrocracking zone.