Separation Of Vapors And Liquid Products Patents (Class 208/100)
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Publication number: 20140238681Abstract: A system and method is provided for upgrading a continuously flowing process stream including heavy crude oil (HCO). A reactor receives the process stream in combination with water, at an inlet temperature within a range of about 60° C. to about 200° C. The reactor includes one or more process flow tubes having a combined length of about 30 times their aggregated transverse cross-sectional dimension, and progressively heats the process stream to an outlet temperature T(max)1 within a range of between about 260° C. to about 400° C. The reactor maintains the process stream at a pressure sufficient to ensure that it remains a single phase at T(max)1. A controller selectively adjusts the rate of flow of the process stream through the reactor to maintain a total residence time of greater than about 1 minute and less than about 25 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: ADURO ENERGY, INC.Inventor: W. Marcus Trygstad
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Patent number: 8808535Abstract: System and method for processing hydrocarbon. One or more embodiments of the method include combining a first hydrocarbon including a de-asphalted oil with a recycled hydrocarbon product to produce a combined hydrocarbon, cracking the combined hydrocarbon to produce a cracked hydrocarbon product, and recycling at least a portion of the cracked hydrocarbon product to provide the recycled hydrocarbon product, wherein the recycled hydrocarbon product comprises a cycle oil product, a naphtha product, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root LLCInventors: Phillip K. Niccum, Vasant K. Patel
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Patent number: 8784645Abstract: The method for manufacturing a hydrocarbon oil of the present invention comprises a first step wherein a plurality of reaction zones filled with a specific catalyst is disposed in series and a feedstock oil containing an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oil is supplied and hydrotreated under the conditions of a hydrogen pressure of 1 MPa or more and 10 MPa or less in each of the reaction zones; and a second step wherein hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and water are removed from a product to be treated obtained in the first step to obtain a hydrocarbon oil. Among the plurality of reaction zones, the inlet temperature of the reaction zone disposed on the most upstream side is 150° C. or more and 250° C. or less, the inlet temperature of the second most upstream reaction zone or below is equal to or higher than the condensation temperature of water, and the outlet temperature of the reaction zone disposed on the most downstream side is 260° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy CorporationInventors: Yasutoshi Iguchi, Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Hideki Ono, Akira Koyama, Hideshi Iki
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Patent number: 8753504Abstract: A system and process are disclosed for removing elemental sulfur compounds from hydro-desulfurization (HDS) treated hydrocarbon products including liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Low (sub-ppm) concentrations of sulfur remain in the hydrocarbons, providing, e.g., fuel products suitable for use in various modalities including, e.g., jet fuels and fuel cell Auxiliary Power Units (APUs).Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Gregory A. Whyatt, Liyu Li
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Patent number: 8753502Abstract: This procedure uses a low carbon fuel with a FCC Catalyst Heater-Fuel Gas/Catalyst Combustion Chamber. The low carbon content fuel source will minimize CO2 emissions while satisfying unit heat balance. This will further reduce coke yield and CO2 emissions while improving energy efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Marathon Petroleum Company LPInventors: Jeff Sexton, David A. Lomas
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Publication number: 20140142204Abstract: A process and system are described for producing a synthetic crude oil by contacting a synthesis gas with a combination of a synthesis gas conversion catalyst and a hydroconversion catalyst in a synthesis gas reactor. The synthesis gas can be obtained from gas associated with crude oil production, i.e., associated gas, in a synthesis gas generator. The synthetic crude oil can be blended with a natural crude oil to produce a blended stabilized crude oil having 2 wt % or more of the synthetic crude oil. The resulting blended stabilized crude oil has improved flow characteristics including a pour point of 30° C. or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Charles Leonard Kibby, Dennis John O'Rear, Robert James Saxton, Tapan Kumar Das, Kandaswany Jothimurugesan, Allison Amy Evans, Michelle Hart
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Patent number: 8721871Abstract: A process for the hydroprocessing of a low value light cycle oil (LCO) hydrocarbon feed to provide a high-value diesel-range product. The process comprises a hydrotreatment stage followed by a hydrocracking stage, each of which is conducted under liquid-full reaction conditions wherein substantially all the hydrogen supplied to the hydrotreating and hydrocracking reactions is dissolved in the liquid-phase hydrocarbon feed. Ammonia and other gases formed during hydrotreatment are removed in a separation step prior to hydrocracking. The LCO feed is advantageously converted to diesel in high yield with little loss of hydrocarbon to naphtha.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Hasan Dindi, Alan Howard Pulley, Vincent Adam Kuperavage, Jr., Thanh Gia Ta
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Patent number: 8709234Abstract: A process in which the paraffinic effluent derived from a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis unit is separated to obtain a heavy C5+ fraction, said heavy fraction then being hydrogenated in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature in the range 80° C to 200° C, at a total pressure in the range 0.5 to 6 MPa, at an hourly space velocity in the range 1 to 10 h-1, and at a hydrogen flow rate corresponding to a hydrogen/hydrocarbons volume ratio in the range 5 to 80 NI/I/h, the liquid hydrogenated effluent then being brought into contact with a hydroisomerization/hydrocracking catalyst, with no prior separation step, the hydroisomerized/hydrocracked effluent then being distilled to obtain middle distillates and possibly oil bases.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignees: IFP Energies Nouvelles, ENI S.p.A.Inventors: Aurelie Dandeu, Nathalie Marchal-George, Vincent Coupard, Eric Caprani, Jean Cosyns, Damien Douziech, Stephane Fedou
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Publication number: 20140114097Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for the continuous microwave depolymerization of high molecular weight organic feedstock material, such as waste plastics and includes intermittent or continuous feeding of the processing material on the surface or into the bulk of the sensitized hot bed located under microwave irradiation. As a result of the interaction of electromagnetic field with processed materials, sensitizer is heated by microwave energy and feedstock material undergoes the depolymerization reactions. The reaction zone can be localized on the surface of the hot bed or distributed in the bulk of the reaction mass depending on the agitation conditions of the reaction mass, such as stirring, or other agitation means, for example by re-circulated gas. Products of the reactions are vaporized and transported to the collection system, which may include a combination of a scrubber, a condenser and a settler.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: CLIMAX GLOBAL ENERGYInventors: John Hemmings, Thomas Pinto, Viktor Sharivker
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Patent number: 8702969Abstract: A hydrocracking process that includes a wax fraction hydrocracking step of hydrocracking the wax fraction contained within a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil to obtain a hydrocracked product, a gas-liquid separation step of using a multi-stage gas-liquid separator to separate the hydrocracked product into a gas component, a heavy oil component and a light oil component, a specific component content estimation step of determining the flow rate ratio between the heavy oil component and the light oil component, and using this flow rate ratio to determine an estimated value for the content of a specific hydrocarbon component contained within the hydrocracked product, and a control step of controlling the operation of the wax fraction hydrocracking step on the basis of this estimated value, so that the content of the specific hydrocarbon component falls within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Inpex Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Tasaka, Yuichi Tanaka, Marie Iwama
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Patent number: 8691076Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing high-quality naphthenic base oil by subjecting, as a feedstock, light cycle oil (LCO) and slurry oil (SLO) obtained through fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) to hydrotreating and dewaxing.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: SK Lubricants Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang Kuk Kim, Jee Sun Shin, Ju Hyun Lee, Sam Ryong Park, Gyung Rok Kim, Yoon Mang Hwang
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Patent number: 8691080Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can include a slurry hydrocracking process. The process can include combining one or more hydrocarbons and a slurry hydrocracking catalyst as a feed to a slurry hydrocracking reaction zone, fractionating an effluent from the slurry hydrocracking reaction zone, separating the pitch from at least a portion of the slurry hydrocracking catalyst, and recycling the suspension to the slurry hydrocracking reaction zone. The slurry hydrocracking catalyst may include a support. Fractionating the effluent may provide a light vacuum gas oil, a heavy vacuum gas oil, and a mixture comprising a pitch and the slurry hydrocracking catalyst. Generally, the separated slurry hydrocracking catalyst is comprised in a suspension.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: UOP LLCInventor: Robert Haizmann
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Publication number: 20140053456Abstract: Methods and systems for the devolatilization of thermally produced liquids to raise the flash point are disclosed. Various methods and apparatus can be used to effectively reduce the volatile components, such as wiped film evaporator, falling film evaporator, flash column, packed column, devolatilization vessel or tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Ensyn Renewables, Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey Hopkins, Barry A. Freel, Doug Clarke
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Patent number: 8628655Abstract: A hydrocracking process that includes a wax fraction hydrocracking step of hydrocracking the wax fraction contained within a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil to obtain a hydrocracked product, a gas-liquid separation step of using a multi-stage gas-liquid separator to separate the hydrocracked product into a gas component, a heavy oil component and a light oil component, a specific component content estimation step of determining the flow rate ratio between the heavy oil component and the light oil component, and using this flow rate ratio to determine an estimated value for the content of a specific hydrocarbon component contained within the hydrocracked product, and a control step of controlling the operation of the wax fraction hydrocracking step on the basis of this estimated value, so that the content of the specific hydrocarbon component falls within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Inpex Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd., Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Tasaka, Yuichi Tanaka, Marie Iwama
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Patent number: 8574425Abstract: The present invention is an improved process for stripping HPNA's from hydroprocessed streams in a fractionation column having a split shell configuration. Only one vapor stripping feed is required to the split shell of the fractionation column. The resulting reduction in steam requirement provides a superior fractionation in the column.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Richard K. Hoehn, Daniel J. Breitenfeldt
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Patent number: 8545694Abstract: An improved aromatics saturation process for use with lube oil boiling range feedstreams utilizing a catalyst comprising a hydrogenation-dehydrogenation component selected from the Group VIII noble metals and mixtures thereof on a mesoporous support having aluminum incorporated into its framework and an average pore diameter of about 15 to less than about 40 ?.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2005Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Stephen J. McCarthy, Wenyih F. Lai, Sylvain S. Hantzer, Ian A. Cody
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Patent number: 8529753Abstract: Disclosed is a combined process for hydrotreating and catalytic cracking of residue, wherein the residue, catalytic cracking heavy cycle oil with acidic solid impurity being removed, optional distillate oil and adistillate of catalytic cracking slurry oil from which the acidic solid impurity is removed are fed into residue hydrotreating unit, the hydrogenated residue obtained and optional vacuum gas oil are fed into catalytic cracking unit to obtain various products; the catalytic cracking heavy cycle oil from which the acidic solid impurity is removed is circulated to the residue hydrotreating unit; the catalytic cracking slurry oil is separated by distilling, the distillate of the catalytic cracking slurry oil after removing off the acidic solid impurity is circulated to the residue hydrotreating unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Sinopec, China Petroleum & Chemical CorporationInventors: Chuanfeng Niu, Lishun Dai, Yongcan Gao, Dadong Li, Yahua Shi, Hong Nie, Qinghe Yang
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Publication number: 20130158309Abstract: The invention provides a process and system for the depolymerisation of hydrocarbon-containing material for producing diesel oil and/or heating oil comprising a reactor adapted to exceed temperature operation of 390 degrees Celsius and provided with a plant specific exothermal heat source. In a preferred embodiment, raw materials enter the reactor in a liquid or viscous state by pre-heating and introducing it under pressure to the specially adapted reactor where further heating of the raw material takes place under vacuum.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: REGENERATIVE SCIENCES PATENTS LIMITEDInventors: Esther Spolzer, Walter Nutter, Rory Hughes
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Patent number: 8440071Abstract: A hydrocracking system involves introducing a heavy oil feedstock and a colloidal or molecular catalyst, or a catalyst precursor capable of forming the colloidal or molecular catalyst, into a hydrocracking reactor. The colloidal or molecular catalyst is formed in situ within the heavy oil feedstock by 1) premixing the catalyst precursor with a hydrocarbon diluents to form a catalyst precursor mixture, 2) mixing the catalyst precursor mixture with the heavy oil feedstock, and 3) raising the temperature of the feedstock to above the decomposition temperature of the catalyst precursor to form the colloidal or molecular catalyst. The colloidal or molecular catalyst catalyzes upgrading reactions between the heavy oil feedstock and hydrogen and eliminates or reduces formation of coke precursors and sediment.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Headwaters Technology Innovation, LLCInventors: Roger K. Lott, Lap Keung Lee
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Publication number: 20130092600Abstract: A process of producing a light oil stream from slurry oils. The process begins by obtaining slurry oil from a fluid catalytic cracking unit. The slurry oil is then flowed over a fixed bed catalyst, consisting essentially of a non-metal catalyst, to produce a processed slurry oil. The processed slurry oil is then separated by boiling point to separate out the light oil stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ConocoPhillips CompanyInventors: Tushar Choudhary, Ayyappan Subbiah
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Publication number: 20130087481Abstract: A process for the hydroconversion of heavy oil feedstocks comprises a step for hydroconversion of the feedstock in at least one reactor containing a catalyst in slurry mode used to recover metals from the residual unconverted fraction, especially those used as catalysts. The process comprises a hydroconversion step, a gas/liquid separation step, a liquid/liquid extraction step, a grinding step, a leaching step, a combustion step, a metals extraction step and a step for the preparation of catalytic solutions which are recycled to the hydroconversion step.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLESInventors: Jean-Philippe Heraud, Frédéric Morel, Alain Quignard
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Publication number: 20130043161Abstract: A process is disclosed for recovering hydroprocessing effluent from a hydroprocessing unit utilizing a hot stripper and a cold stripper. The cold stripper and the hot stripper are contained in the same vessel. A barrier prevents material from the hot stripper from entering into the cold stripper.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Richard K. Hoehn, David M. Bowman, Xin X. Zhu
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Publication number: 20130043162Abstract: A process is disclosed for recovering hydroprocessing effluent from a hydroprocessing unit utilizing a hot stripper and a cold stripper. The cold stripper and the hot stripper utilize a common overhead recovery apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Richard K. Hoehn, David M. Bowman, Xin X. Zhu, Vedula K. Murty
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Patent number: 8372266Abstract: Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones and an interstage solvent deasphalting unit. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones which operates at a temperature within 20° F. and a pressure within 10 psi of the pressure in the contacting zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. At least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is sent to the interstage solvent deasphalting unit, for separating unconverted heavy oil feedstock into deasphalted oil and asphaltenes. The deasphalted oil stream is sent to one of the contacting zones for further upgrade.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Goutam Biswas, Darush Farshid
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Publication number: 20120168349Abstract: A hydrocracking process that includes a wax fraction hydrocracking step of hydrocracking the wax fraction contained within a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil to obtain a hydrocracked product, a gas-liquid separation step of using a multi-stage gas-liquid separator to separate the hydrocracked product into a gas component, a heavy oil component and a light oil component, a specific component content estimation step of determining the flow rate ratio between the heavy oil component and the light oil component, and using this flow rate ratio to determine an estimated value for the content of a specific hydrocarbon component contained within the hydrocracked product, and a control step of controlling the operation of the wax fraction hydrocracking step on the basis of this estimated value, so that the content of the specific hydrocarbon component falls within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Kazuhiko Tasaka, Yuichi Tanaka, Marie Iwama
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Publication number: 20120138509Abstract: A process is disclosed for recovering product from catalytically converted product streams. An integrated debutanizer column provides an LPG stream, a light naphtha stream and a heavy naphtha stream. The integrated debutanizer column may comprise a dividing wall column. The light naphtha stream may be used as an absorbent for a primary absorber column which provides advantageous operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Saadet Ulas Acikgoz, Michael A. Schultz, Xin X. Zhu
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Publication number: 20120061291Abstract: A hydrocarbon feedstock upgrading method is provided. The method includes supplying the hydrocarbon feedstock, water and a pre-heated hydrogen donating composition to a hydrothermal reactor where the mixed stream is maintained at a temperature and pressure greater than the critical temperatures and pressure of water in the absence of catalyst for a residence time sufficient to convert the mixed stream into a modified stream. The hydrogen donating composition is pre-heated and maintained at a temperature of greater than about 50° C. for a period of at least about 10 minutes. The modified stream includes upgraded hydrocarbons relative to the hydrocarbon feedstock. The modified stream is then separated into a gas stream and a liquid stream and the liquid stream is separated into a water stream and an upgraded hydrocarbon product stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ki-Hyouk Choi, Ashok K. Punetha, Mohammed R. Al-Dossary, Mohammad F. Aljishi
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Publication number: 20120024749Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for treating the effluent from a hydrocarbon pyrolysis unit employing a small primary fractionator. The method comprises cooling the effluent from a furnace through a first heat exchanger, a vapor-liquid separator, and a second heat exchanger before it is passed to a fractionator for further processing. These heat exchangers may also be utilized to heat a utility fluid as part of the cooling process. Further, one or more generators and a third heat exchanger may also be used to assist in heat recovery for the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Robert D. Strack, James R. Arnold
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Patent number: 8066868Abstract: Processing schemes and arrangements are provided for the processing a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock via fluidized catalytic cracking with selected hydrocarbon fractions including light olefins being obtained via absorption and separation product recovery.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: UOP LLCInventor: Joseph E. Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20110284425Abstract: A hydrocarbonaceous material upgrading method may involve a novel combination of heating, vaporizing and chemically reacting hydrocarbonaceous feedstock that is substantially unpumpable at pipeline conditions, and condensation of vapors yielded thereby, in order to upgrade that feedstock to a hydrocarbonaceous material condensate that meets crude oil pipeline specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: The University of Wyoming Research Corporation d/b/a Western Research InstituteInventors: Lee E. Brecher, Phyllis J. Brecher, Charles G. Mones, Frank D. Guffey
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Patent number: 8038869Abstract: Processes and systems are provided for removing contaminants from a vapor stream containing hydrocarbon and hydrogen, and can include: providing a feed stream to a first pressurized vapor liquid separator that produces a liquid stream and a vapor stream containing hydrocarbon and hydrogen, passing the vapor stream to an inlet of a particulate trap containing a plurality of treatment zones that remove contaminants from the vapor stream to produce a particulate trap effluent, and passing the particulate trap effluent directly to a catalytic hydrogenation zone. The processes and systems can also include: passing the liquid stream from the first pressurized vapor liquid separator to a second vapor liquid separator that produces an overhead vapor stream and a liquid bottoms stream, condensing the overhead vapor stream from the second vapor liquid separator to form a liquid overhead stream, routing the liquid overhead stream to the inlet of the particulate trap.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: UOP LLCInventor: Tom N. Kalnes
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Publication number: 20110226664Abstract: A process for producing hydrocarbon products, comprising: a) operating a process unit in an alkylate mode wherein greater than 50 wt % of a C5+ hydrocarbon stream from the process unit boils at 137.8° C. or below, b) adjusting one or more process conditions in the process unit, and c) after the adjusting step, operating the process unit in a distillate mode wherein greater than 50 wt % of the C5+ hydrocarbon stream from the process unit boils above 137.8° C. Also, a process unit, comprising: a) an alkylation reactor; and b) a control system that enables the alkylation reactor to be operated in the alkylate mode and in the distillate mode; wherein the alkylation reactor can switch back and forth from operating in the alkylate mode to the distillate mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Inventors: Hye-Kyung Timken, Shawn Winter, Howard S. Lacheen, Sven Ivar Hommeltoft
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Publication number: 20110186480Abstract: A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen and at least one catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product. The hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, the catalyst(s), and the hydrogen are provided to a mixing zone and blended in the mixing zone at a temperature of from 375° C. to 500° C. A vapor comprised of hydrocarbons that are vaporizable at the temperature and pressure within the mixing zone is separated from the mixing zone, and, apart from the mixing zone, the vapor is condensed to produce a liquid hydrocarbon-containing product containing at least 85% of the atomic carbon initially present in the hydrocarbon-containing feedstock and containing at most 2 wt. % hydrocarbons having a boiling point of at least 538° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Stanley Nemec Milam, Michael Anthony Reynolds, Scott Lee Wellington
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Publication number: 20110174687Abstract: A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen and at least one catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product. The hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, the catalyst(s), and the hydrogen are provided to a mixing zone and blended in the mixing zone at a temperature of from 375° C. to 500° C. A vapor comprised of hydrocarbons that are vaporizable at the temperature and pressure within the mixing zone is separated from the mixing zone, and, apart from the mixing zone, the vapor is condensed to produce a liquid hydrocarbon-containing product. The hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is continuously or intermittently provided to the mixing zone at a rate of at least 350 kg/hr per m3 of the mixture volume in the mixing zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Michael Anthony Reynolds, Stanley Nemec MILAM, Scott Lee Wellington
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Publication number: 20110174686Abstract: A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feed is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen and a catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product. The catalyst is prepared by mixing a first salt and a second salt in an aqueous mixture under anaerobic conditions at a temperature of from 15° C. to 150° C., where the first salt comprises a cationic component in any non-zero oxidation state selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Ag, Co, Mn, Ru, La, Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu, Yb, Lu, Dy, Ni, Zn, Bi, Sn, Pb, and Sb, and where the second salt comprises an anionic component selected from the group consisting of MoS42?, WS42?, SnS44?, and SbS43.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Michael Anthony Reynolds, Stanley Nemec Milam, Scott Lee Wellington
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Publication number: 20110174688Abstract: A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and a metal-containing catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product. The hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, the catalyst(s), the hydrogen sulfide, and the hydrogen are provided to a mixing zone and blended in the mixing zone at a temperature of from 375° C. to 500° C. and a total pressure of from 6.9 MPa to 27.5 MPa, where hydrogen sulfide is provided at a mole ratio of hydrogen sulfide to hydrogen of at least 0.5:9.5 and the combined hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen partial pressures provide at least 60% of the total pressure. A vapor comprised of hydrocarbons that are vaporizable at the temperature and pressure within the mixing zone is separated from the mixing zone, and, apart from the mixing zone, the vapor may be condensed to produce a liquid hydrocarbon-containing product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Stanley Nemec MILAM, Michael Anthony Reynolds, Scott Lee Wellington
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Publication number: 20110174685Abstract: A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feed is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and a catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Michael Anthony Reynolds, Stanley Nemec Milam, Scott Lee Wellington
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Publication number: 20110174689Abstract: A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen and at least one metal-containing catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product. The hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, the catalyst(s), and the hydrogen are provided to a mixing zone and blended in the mixing zone at a temperature of from 375° C. to 500° C. and a total pressure of from 6.9 MPa to 27.5 MPa. A vapor comprised of hydrocarbons that are vaporizable at the temperature and pressure within the mixing zone is separated from the mixing zone. Any metal-containing catalyst provided to the mixing zone has an acidity as measured by ammonia chemisorption of at most 200 ?mol ammonia per gram of catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Michael Anthony Reynolds, Stanley Nemec MILAM, Scott Lee Wellington
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Publication number: 20110163003Abstract: Methods, systems and other embodiments associated with upgrading heavy oil by visbreaking are presented. A method of upgrading heavy oil includes mixing raw heavy oil with flue gases, CO2 and/or steam to produce a mixed heavy oil. This mixture is then heated to produce heated heavy oil. High pressure pulses are created in the heated heavy oil to crack the heated heavy oil to produce cracked oil with a lower viscosity than the heavy oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Jose J. P. Lourenco, John Gordon Murphy
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Publication number: 20110120911Abstract: The invention is a composition that is suitable for reducing sulfur species from products produced by petroleum refining processes, especially gasoline products produced by fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) processes. The composition comprises zeolite, yttrium, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of zinc, magnesium and manganese, wherein the yttrium and element are present as cations. The yttrium and zinc are preferably present as cations that have been exchanged onto the zeolite. The zeolite is preferably a zeolite Y.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Ruizhong Hu, Richard Franklin Wormsbecher
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Patent number: 7947860Abstract: Processing schemes and arrangements for application of a dividing wall separation column in the processing of an effluent resulting from FCC processing modified for increased light olefin production. The dividing wall separation column desirably splits a naphtha feedstock produced or resulting from such modified FCC processing to produce or form a light fraction containing C5-C6 compounds, an intermediate fraction containing C7-C8 compounds and a heavy fraction containing C9+ compounds.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Michael A. Schultz, Keith A. Couch
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Patent number: 7947169Abstract: A gas generated from a first crude oil and containing volatile organic compounds and a second crude oil are supplied to an absorber 16, thereby absorbing the volatile organic compounds in the gas into the second crude oil.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignees: Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Oil Staging Terminal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wataru Sahara, Shunji Nario, Ichirou Nakagama, Koichi Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20110108460Abstract: This invention describes a process for treatment of feedstocks obtained from a renewable source implementing—in one hydroisomerization stage—a catalyst that comprises at least one hydro-dehydrogenating metal that is selected from the group that is formed by the metals of group VIB and group VIII of the periodic table and a substrate that comprises at least one dealuminified Y zeolite that has an initial overall atomic ratio of silicon to aluminum of between 2.5 and 20, a fraction by weight of an initial extra-network aluminum atom that is greater than 10%, relative to the total mass of aluminum that is present in the zeolite, an initial mesopore volume that is measured by nitrogen porosimetry that is greater than 0.07 ml·g?1, and an initial crystalline parameter ao of the unit cell mesh of between 24.38 ? and 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: IFP Energies nouvellesInventors: Laurent SIMON, Emmanuelle Guillon, Antoine Daudin
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Patent number: 7899654Abstract: A computer implemented method for simulating a final pattern of a droplet of a fluid having a plurality of fluid properties is disclosed. The method includes representing a position of a moving fluid boundary at a first point in time with a plurality of fluid markers, wherein the moving fluid boundary provides a boundary for a single-phase fluid. The moving fluid boundary separates a simulation space into a fluid space and a vacuum space, and the single-phase fluid inhabits the fluid space. The method further includes evaluating a plurality of indicator function defined on a quadrilateral grid for a velocity field, a pressure, and the plurality of fluid markers. The quadrilateral grid is formed by a plurality of points inside the fluid space and the vacuum space.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Jie Zhang, Jiun-Der Yu
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Patent number: 7872165Abstract: A hydrotreating method (HDT) utilizes two plants working under different operating conditions with an intermediate stripping for co-treating a mixture made up of oils of vegetable or animal origin and petroleum cuts (gas oil cuts (GO) and middle distillates) in order to produce gas oil fuel bases meeting specifications. The first plant (HDT1) is more particularly dedicated to the reactions concerning oils of vegetable or animal origin in comixture while pretreating the hydrocarbon feed, whereas the second plant (HDS2) works under more severe conditions to obtain diesel fuel according to standards, in particular in terms of effluent sulfur content, density and cold properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Fabrice Bertoncini, Karin Marchand
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Patent number: 7842180Abstract: A hydrocracking process wherein a liquid phase stream comprising a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock and a liquid phase effluent from a hydrocracking zone and a sufficiently low hydrogen concentration to maintain a liquid phase continuous system into a hydrotreating zone. A portion of the effluent from the hydrotreating zone comprising unconverted hydrocarbons is introduced into the hydrocracking zone with a sufficiently low hydrogen concentration to maintain a liquid phase continuous system.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Laura E. Leonard, Peter Kokayeff
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Publication number: 20100270209Abstract: A process generates a middle distillate from hydrocarbonaceous energy sources. In the process, at least one hydrocarbonaceous energy source, if appropriate at least one catalyst and if appropriate at least one filler are fed as input materials to a reactor which contains a process oil mixture. The process oil mixed stream is removed from the reactor and heated to a process temperature between 150 degrees C. and 400 degrees C., preferably between 350 degrees C. and 380 degrees C. The heated process oil mixed stream is fed to a degasser. The vaporous middle distillate is separated in the degasser from the heated process oil mixed stream and a process oil mixed stream which is expanded from the vaporous middle distillate is recirculated from the degasser, to the process oil mixture which is present in the reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: BIO-ENERGY-HOLDING AGInventor: Erhard Tschirner
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Patent number: 7799964Abstract: Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) can be recovered from various streams using a multiple membrane recovery process producing hydrogen stream at high yield and high purity and a C3+ LPG stream at high yield with low energy expenditure.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Bhupender S. Minhas, David W. Staubs
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Patent number: 7799212Abstract: A method which controls sedimentation occurring at a heat exchanger for cooling hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking residue containing asphaltenes at a high content and thereby prevents fouling of the heat exchanger is disclosed. A method for preventing fouling of a heat exchanger for cooling hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking residue, which injects flux oil into hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking residue containing asphaltenes at 1% by mass or more, wherein the flux oil is at least one species of residue selected from the group consisting of crude vacuum distillation residue and fluidized catalytic cracking residue, and injected into the hydrodesulfurization/hydrocracking residue to control its actual sediment content at 0.2% by mass or less, determined in accordance with IP-375 is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignees: Tonen General Sekiyu K.K., Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Research Association of Refinery Integration for Group OperationInventors: Norihiro Nakashima, Masayoshi Kuwbara, Manabu Higo, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7737317Abstract: Processing schemes and arrangements are provided for the processing a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock via hydrocarbon cracking processing with selected hydrocarbon fractions being obtained via fractionation-based product recovery.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: UOP LLC.Inventors: Michael A. Schultz, Jason T. Corradi