Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
196 | Mineral oils: apparatus | 61 |
196140520 | SOLVENT EXTRACTION | 13 |
20110174592 | BITUMINOUS FROTH INLINE STEAM INJECTION PROCESSING - An inline bitumen froth steam heater system including steam injection and static mixing devices is provided. The system heats and de-aerates input bitumen froth without creating downstream processing problems with the bitumen froth such as emulsification or live steam entrainment. The system is a multistage unit that injects and thoroughly mixes steam with bitumen resulting in output bitumen material having temperature of about 190 ° F. The system conditions a superheated steam supply to obtain saturated steam at about 300 ° F. The saturated steam is contacted with bitumen froth flow and mixed in a static mixer stage. The static mixers provide surface area and rotating action that allows the injected steam to condense and transfer its heat to the bitumen froth. The mixing action and increase in temperature of the bitumen froth results in reduction in bitumen viscosity and allows the release of entrapped air from the bitumen froth. | 07-21-2011 |
20120043178 | TAILINGS SOLVENT RECOVERY UNIT - A tailings solvent recovery vessel substantially without conventional internals utilizes nozzles for forming very fine solvent-containing hydrocarbon droplets from a solvent-containing tailings feedstream. The hydrocarbon droplets are discrete from water droplets. The hydrocarbon droplets are small enough to result in a large surface area and a desired fall residence time but sufficiently large that they are not entrained with the rising vapour in the vessel. The feedstream is introduced to the vessel with a pressure drop to result in an initial flashing of the solvent from the solvent-containing droplets. Heat from the vessel atmosphere or from steam flowing countercurrent to the falling hydrocarbon droplets is transferred to the falling hydrocarbon droplets resulting in vaporization of any residual solvent therefrom. A substantially solvent-depleted pool is collected in the bottom of the vessel and retained only so long as is required to pump the underflow stream from the vessel. | 02-23-2012 |
20120138421 | Oil sands treatment system and process - Oil sands ore containing bitumen is treated in a reactor chamber by ultrasonic oscillations impact such that cavitation of ore molecules occurs. The disintegration of the pulsating bubbles in the cavitation results in the separation of the oil, water, sand and air fractions of the oil sands. The oil fraction may be continuously extracted for subsequent refining processes. | 06-07-2012 |
20120186939 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT FOR IMPROVING AND RECUPERATING WASTE, HEAVY AND EXTRA HEAVY HYDROCARBONS - A continuous process for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon includes the steps of: obtaining a heavy hydrocarbon; heating the heavy hydrocarbon; contacting the heavy hydrocarbon with a solvent at upgrading conditions so as to produce a first product comprising a mixture of upgraded hydrocarbon and solvent and a second product comprising asphaltene waste and water; continuously feeding the first product and the second product to a first separator; heating the first product; and continuously feeding the first product to a second separator to separate the upgraded hydrocarbon from the solvent. A system is also provided. | 07-26-2012 |
20120279824 | Optimizing Feed Mixer Performance In A Paraffinic Froth Treatment Process - The invention relates to improved bitumen recovery processes and systems. One process provides for operation of a bitumen froth treatment plant at optimum shear rates in the feed pipe carrying the bitumen froth to the froth settling unit. Another process provides for optimizing the design of a bitumen froth treatment plant by optimizing the diameter of the feed pipe to impart an optimum shear rate to the bitumen froth mixture and further optimizing the volume of the feed pipe to impart an optimum residence time for the bitumen froth stream in the feed pipe. An optimal plant design is also disclosed, the plant including optimal diameter and volume of the feed pipe. | 11-08-2012 |
20130098735 | ENHANCED METHODS FOR SOLVENT DEASPHALTING OF HYDROCARBONS - Improvements to open-art Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) processes have been developed to reduce capital and operating costs for processing hydrocarbon streams are provided whereby open art SDA scheme is modified to include appropriately placed mixing-enabled precipitators (MEP's) to reduce solvent use requirements in an asphaltene separation step and to increase overall reliability for SDA processes, particularly suitable for Canadian Bitumen. When integrated with a mild thermal cracker, the improved SDA configuration further improves crude yield to be pipeline-ready without additional diluent and for use to debottleneck existing facilities such as residue hydrocrackers and coking units. | 04-25-2013 |
20130233671 | EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING MATERIALS - A method of extracting hydrocarbon-containing organic matter from a hydrocarbon-containing material includes the steps of providing a first liquid comprising a turpentine liquid; contacting the hydrocarbon-containing material with the turpentine liquid to form an extraction mixture; extracting the hydrocarbon material into the turpentine liquid; and separating the extracted hydrocarbon material from a residual material not extracted. | 09-12-2013 |
20130256092 | Oil From Oil Sands Extraction Process - A system for extracting bitumen from oil sands includes an extractor tank having a reaction chamber. An input port is provided at the upper end of the extractor tank for the purpose of introducing oil sand into the reaction chamber. A liquid extractant is heated and then pumped, under pressure, into the reaction chamber through a plurality of jet inlets to suspend the oil sand in the extractant, as a fluidized bed inside the reaction chamber. After reactions, an extract that contains both extractant (solvent) and bitumen, is separated from the sand. A vibratory centrifuge is connected to an outflow port of the extractor tank to receive the sand and remove any residual extractant from the sand. An evaporator and distillation column are provided to remove the extract from the reaction chamber and separate the extractant from the bitumen. | 10-03-2013 |
20140034446 | HEAVY HYDROCARBON REMOVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Apparatuses and systems for removing heavy hydrocarbons from a solvent stream are disclosed herein. The apparatuses extract heavy hydrocarbons into light hydrocarbons and provide a solvent stream having the heavy hydrocarbons removed. Two water washing steps are used to remove residual solvent from the heavy hydrocarbon solution in light hydrocarbons. In some embodiments, the second water wash is used for processing subsequent batches of the solvent stream. The heavy hydrocarbons and solvent can be recovered and processed further. Methods for removing heavy hydrocarbons from a solvent stream are also disclosed herein. | 02-06-2014 |
20140048380 | OPTIMIZING FEED MIXER PERFORMANCE IN A PARAFFINIC FROTH TREATMENT PROCESS - The invention relates to improved bitumen recovery processes and systems. One process provides for operation of a bitumen froth treatment plant at optimum shear rates in the feed pipe carrying the bitumen froth to the froth settling unit. Another process provides for optimizing the design of a bitumen froth treatment plant by optimizing the diameter of the feed pipe to impart an optimum shear rate to the bitumen froth mixture and further optimizing the volume of the feed pipe to impart an optimum residence time for the bitumen froth stream in the feed pipe. An optimal plant design is also disclosed, the plant including optimal diameter and volume of the feed pipe. | 02-20-2014 |
20140202826 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR RECOVERY OF ASPHALTENE BY-PRODUCT IN PARAFFINIC FROTH TREATMENT OPERATIONS - A process for treating bitumen froth with paraffinic solvent is provided which uses three stages of separation. Froth and a first solvent are directed to a first stage at a solvent/bitumen ratio for precipitating few or substantially no asphaltenes. A first stage underflow is directed to a second stage and a first stage overflow is directed to a third stage. A second stage underflow is directed to waste tailings and the second stage overflow joins the first stage overflow. A third stage underflow is recovered as an asphaltene by-product and a third stage overflow is recovered as a diluted bitumen product. At least a second solvent is added to one or both of the second or third stages for controlling a fraction of asphaltenes in the third stage underflow. Asphaltene loss to waste tailings is minimized and asphaltenes are now recovered as asphaltene by-product. | 07-24-2014 |
20160108321 | PROCESSING HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING MATERIALS - Hydrocarbon-containing feedstocks are processed to produce useful intermediates or products, such as fuels. For example, systems are described that can process a petroleum-containing feedstock, such as oil sands, oil shale, tar sands, and other naturally-occurring and synthetic materials that include both hydrocarbon components and solid matter, to obtain a useful intermediate or product. | 04-21-2016 |
20160168472 | Single Solvent Method and Machine for Separating Bitumen From Oil Sand | 06-16-2016 |
196046000 | REFINING | 38 |
20100025184 | MERCURY REMOVAL APPARATUS FOR LIQUID HYDROCARBON - A mercury removal apparatus for a liquid hydrocarbon of the present invention includes a conversion device | 02-04-2010 |
20100147647 | Apparatus for upgrading whole crude oil to remove nitrogen and sulfur compounds - A crude oil feedstream is treated to remove or reduce the content of known undesired heteroatomic and polynuclear aromatic compounds containing nitrogen and sulfur by contacting the feedstream with one or more solid adsorbent materials selected from attapulgus clay, alumina, silica gel and activated carbon in a mixing vessel for a time that is sufficient to optimize the adsorption of the undesired compounds from the crude oil, subjecting the mixture to atmospheric flash distillation and then to vacuum flash distillation to recover presorbed boiling ranges of products having a lowered content of the undesired compounds, and preferably regenerating at least a portion of the solid adsorbent material for reuse in the process. | 06-17-2010 |
20100224463 | Apparatus for Preventing Metal Catalyzed Coking - A process and apparatus is disclosed in which a sulfiding agent is added to a catalytic conversion reactor to prevent metal catalyzed coking. The catalytic reactor may be downstream from a first fluid catalytic cracking reactor that provides C | 09-09-2010 |
20100230235 | Method For Processing Hydrocarbon Pyrolysis Effluent - A method is disclosed for treating the effluent from a hydrocarbon pyrolysis unit without employing a primary fractionator. The method comprises passing the gaseous effluent to at least one primary heat exchanger, thereby cooling the gaseous effluent and generating high pressure steam, and then cooling the gaseous effluent to a temperature at which tar, formed by reactions among constituents of the effluent, condenses. The gaseous effluent and the condensed tar are fed to at least one knock-out drum, whereby the tar is separated from the gaseous effluent. The gaseous effluent is then further cooled to condense a pyrolysis gasoline fraction from the effluent and to reduce the temperature of the effluent to a point at which it can be compressed efficiently. The condensed pyrolysis gasoline fraction is separated from the effluent and then distilled so as to reduce its final boiling point. | 09-16-2010 |
20100258401 | Carbon Dioxide Fractionalization Process - A process comprising receiving a hydrocarbon feed stream comprising carbon dioxide, separating the hydrocarbon feed stream into a light hydrocarbon stream and a heavy hydrocarbon stream, separating the light hydrocarbon stream into a carbon dioxide-rich stream and a carbon dioxide-lean stream, and feeding the carbon dioxide-lean stream into a hydrocarbon sweetening process, thereby increasing the processing capacity of the hydrocarbon sweetening process compared to the processing capacity of the hydrocarbon sweetening process when fed the hydrocarbon feed stream. Included is an apparatus comprising a first separation unit that receives a hydrocarbon feed stream containing carbon dioxide and produces a heavy hydrocarbon stream and a light hydrocarbon stream, and a second separation unit that receives the light hydrocarbon stream and produces a carbon dioxide-rich stream and a carbon dioxide-lean stream, wherein the apparatus is configured to feed the carbon dioxide-lean stream to a physical solvent, membrane, or carbon dioxide recovery process. | 10-14-2010 |
20100282567 | On-board desulfurization system - A fuel desulfurization system that can be located on-board a transportation vehicle. The desulfurization system contains a unique sorption vessel having a vacuum shell design to ensure a prescribed axial and radial temperature profile under operating conditions. | 11-11-2010 |
20110024259 | SYSTEM FOR MAKING A USABLE HYDROCARBON PRODUCT FROM USED OIL - One or more computer implemented systems for continuously processing used oils are provided. The system can include a feedstock tank containing feedstock. The feedstock tank can have a sparger and a level sensor. The feedstock tank can be in fluid communication with a first pump, a first filter, a heater, a second filter, first flow meter, a primary nozzle, a secondary nozzle, a motionless inline static mixer, and a first reactor. | 02-03-2011 |
20110024260 | HIGH-SOLVENCY-DISPERSIVE-POWER (HSDP) CRUDE OIL BLENDING FOR FOULING MITIGATION AND ON-LINE CLEANING - A high solvency dispersive power (HSDP) crude oil is added to a blend of incompatible and/or near-incompatible oils to proactively address the potential for fouling heat exchange equipment. The HSDP component dissolves asphaltene precipitates and maintains suspension of inorganic particulates before coking affects heat exchange surfaces. HSDP co-blending for fouling mitigation and on-line cleaning can be affected using different concentrations of top-performing and moderate-performing HSDP crude oils. | 02-03-2011 |
20110024261 | MITIGATION OF REFINERY PROCESS UNIT FOULING USING HIGH-SOLVENCY-DISPERSIVE-POWER (HSDP) RESID FRACTIONS - Atmospheric and/or vacuum resid fractions of a high solvency dispersive power (HSDP) crude oil are added to a blend of crude oil to prevent fouling of crude oil refinery equipment and to perform on-line cleaning of fouled refinery equipment. The HSDP resid fractions dissolve asphaltene precipitates and maintain suspension of inorganic particulates before coking affects heat exchange surfaces. | 02-03-2011 |
20110083936 | Process and Facility for Removing One or More Compounds - One exemplary embodiment is a refinery or a petrochemical production facility. The refinery or petrochemical production facility can include:
| 04-14-2011 |
20110168523 | Crude treatment system - [Task] To provide a crude treatment system capable of treating crude containing a comparatively large content of a corrosive material. | 07-14-2011 |
20110168524 | Crude treatment system - [Task] To provide a crude treatment system which treats crude containing a comparatively large content of nickel, vanadium, or carbon residue so as to supply a raw material to a downstream catalytic cracking process. | 07-14-2011 |
20110226582 | Reduction of Greenhouse Gases - The heat removal and recovery systems of a nuclear energy source and the heat requirements of a nearby industrial facility are designed to achieve zero or near-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial facility. Alternative arrangements of heat loops or belts to and from the nuclear heat source and within the industrial facility utilize heat exchange equipment at the interfaces and replace the use of fired furnaces and boilers. Technologies and processes can be selected to avoid the need or use of all or most of the furnaces and boilers. The design scheme applies to both new and existing retrofitted industrial facilities. | 09-22-2011 |
20110266115 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND UPGRADING OF HEAVY AND SEMI-HEAVY OILS AND BITUMENS - Improvements in the selective extraction of relatively low molecular weight oils from coal, coal liquids, oil shales, shale oils, oil sands, heavy and semi-heavy oils, bitumens, and the like are provided by a continuous process involving contacting the material to be treated with supercritical water in a continuous operation at pressures of from 500 psi to 3000 psi, temperatures of 250° C. to 450° C., and in-reactor dwell times generally in excess of 25 seconds and up to 10 minutes. | 11-03-2011 |
20110297506 | Process to Upgrade Heavy Oil by Hot Pressurized Water and Ultrasonic Wave Generating Pre-Mixer - A process for upgrading heavy oil by mixing the heavy oil with water fluid using an ultrasonic wave generator prior to increasing the temperature and pressure of the mixture to values near to or exceeding the critical point of water, to produce low pour point, high value oil having low sulfur, low nitrogen, and low metallic impurities for use as hydrocarbon feedstock. | 12-08-2011 |
20110303507 | PETROCHEMICAL CRACKER - The invention relates to a petrochemical cracker having piping comprising a portion wherein the centerline of the portion follows a substantially helical path, wherein the amplitude of the helix is less than or equal to one half of the internal diameter of the piping. When fluid flows in such piping, it is made to swirl. This provides a number of advantages, such as improved in-plane mixing of the fluid, enhanced uniformity of residence time, and so on. | 12-15-2011 |
20120018278 | Method And Apparatus For Recycle Of Knockout Drum Bottoms - A process and apparatus for cracking a hydrocarbon feed in a steam cracking furnace by withdrawing a resid-rich stream from a resid knockout vessel and recycling the resid-rich stream through a convection heating section of the furnace. | 01-26-2012 |
20120043179 | Equipment and Process for Upgrading Oil - Equipment and a process for upgrading oil are provided to produce a refined oil lighter than a material oil by cracking the heavier material oil with the addition of hydrogen under relatively relaxed production conditions. An equipment for upgrading oil according to one aspect of the invention includes an emulsion making portion ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120080288 | TWO-STAGE HYDROPROCESSING APPARATUS WITH COMMON FRACTIONATION - Two-stage hydroprocessing uses a common dividing wall fractionator. Hydroprocessed effluents from both stages of hydroprocessing are fed to opposite sides of the dividing wall. | 04-05-2012 |
20120138422 | HIGH PERFORMANCE RETORT STRUCTURE - A high-temperature retort structure enclosing an inner retort volume. The high-temperature retort structure includes a floor forming a lower boundary of the inner volume, a ceiling forming an upper boundary of the inner volume, and a wall forming a lateral boundary of the inner volume. The floor has at least one discharge opening for discharging of material, and the ceiling has at least one intake opening for intake of material. The wall is comprised of an inner layer of high-temperature resistant, fast curing material, an intermediate layer of high-temperature concrete, and a permeability barrier disposed external to the intermediate layer. | 06-07-2012 |
20120145513 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING HEAVY POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC COMPOUNDS FROM A HYDROPROCESSED STREAM - The present invention is an improved apparatus 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. | 06-14-2012 |
20120318636 | Petroleum products from oil shale - A system for producing petroleum products from oil shale includes one or plural kiln lines made up of plural series-connected, indirect-fired, inclined rotary kilns. Plural kiln lines are operated for parallel processing. Oil shale is advanced through kilns in succession and exhausted from each kiln line substantially free of hydrocarbons. Successive kilns along the advancement of oil shale are maintained at successively higher temperatures. A fuel distinct from hydrocarbons in oil shale, such as syngas from a gasifier or hydrogen gas from a separator, drives pyrolysis to extract hydrocarbons. A refining unit located proximate to the kiln lines upgrades extracted hydrocarbons into petroleum products and separates the petroleum products by criteria. A heat extraction unit recovers heat from exhausted oil shale for reuse in kilns. A method involves drying oil shale followed by heating dry oil shale in successively hotter pyrolysis environments. | 12-20-2012 |
20130126296 | OIL RECOVERY APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for recovering oil from oil-containing sorbents, such as drill cuttings obtained from drilling with an oil-based mud. The method includes peptizing the substrate with an acid reagent and direct thermal desorption with combustion effluent gases at high temperature under turbulent mixing conditions. Another method disclosed includes upgrading the oil in the substrate to improve one or more of the properties of the recovered oil relative to the oil in the substrate, such as, lower aromatics content, lower sulfur content, lower functional group content, higher saturates, higher viscosity, higher viscosity index, and any combination thereof. The apparatus provides for efficient recovery of oil from the substrate with a short residence time, high throughput, low residual oil content in the treated solids and/or high percentage of oil recovery. The apparatus may be transported to a remote location for on-site treatment of drill cuttings or other oil-containing solids. | 05-23-2013 |
20130256093 | LPG Fractionation Recovery System - A system for recovering an LPG fraction according to the present invention includes: a compressor increasing the pressure of excess gas such as associated gas; a deethanizer column dissolving, in a sponge oil, propane and butane contained in the excess gas and separating a gas having a carbon number of two or less from the excess gas; a sponge oil transfer pipe discharging the sponge oil from the deethanizer column; a debutanizer column separating propane and butane from the sponge oil; an LPG fraction discharge pipe discharging the fraction containing propane and butane from the debutanizer column; and a sponge oil return pipe returning the sponge oil from the debutanizer column to the deethanizer column. | 10-03-2013 |
20140014462 | FEEDWELL FOR A GRAVITY SEPARATION VESSEL - A feedwell for a gravity separation vessel for introducing a feed stream such as oil sand slurry to the gravity separation vessel is provided comprising a walled member having an upper perimeter edge, a lower perimeter edge and a substantially continuous wall extending from the upper perimeter edge to the lower perimeter edge; an inlet for introducing the feed stream into the walled member positioned adjacent the substantially continuous wall; and a bottom floor having an opening and extending generally beneath the lower perimeter edge; whereby a perimeter of the opening is less than a perimeter of the walled member. | 01-16-2014 |
20140021009 | Rectifier mounted at bottom of reactor - A rectifier mounted at a bottom of a reactor includes a central layer ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140034447 | SHALE-GAS SEPARATING AND CLEANOUT SYSTEM - This invention relates to the separation of shale, gas and fluid at a shale-gas well. The shale debris and water from a shale-gas well is tangentially communicated to a vessel where the cyclonic effect within the vessel facilitates the separation of the gas from the shale debris. The separated shale debris and fluid falls to a jet assembly whereby it encounters a jet communicating a fluid therethrough. A venturi provides a motive force to the shale debris and fluid sufficient to propel it into a collection bin. The shale-gas separator incorporates a fluid bypass overflow line to prevent a buildup of fluid within the vessel. The shale-gas separator also incorporates an internal aerated cushion system (IACS) pipe for further motivating the shale debris and into the jet assembly, to ensure the walls of the vessel are clean, and to provide an air cushion restricting gas migration to the jet assembly. | 02-06-2014 |
20140110220 | Interface and Mud Control System and Method For Refinery Desalters - A method and system for controlling an interface emulsion layer and mud layer within a desalter vessel includes injecting a water flow through a plurality of nozzles arranged about a piping circuit located in the brine water layer. Each nozzle is oriented toward an interior space of the desalter vessel and is arranged oblique to the piping circuit. The water flow through the plurality of nozzles causes a horizontal and vertical rotation of a volume of water that is effective for suspending solids in the water and promoting a collapse of the interface emulsion layer. The water flow through each nozzle, which may be a recycled water flow, is preferably in a range of 1 to 3 fpm and each nozzle is preferably oriented at an angle of about 15° and 60° in a horizontal plane and a downward angle of about 15° and 60° in a vertical plane. | 04-24-2014 |
20140238817 | OIL-WATER SEPARATOR - The oil-water separator is installed in a substantially horizontal crude oil pipeline for separating water from the oil and water mix. The separator includes a depending vortex and settling chamber depending from the pipeline, the segment of the pipeline and the separator defining a generally T-shaped configuration. Oil and water flowing through the pipeline drop into the chamber as it flows through the pipeline and over the chamber. The denser water tends to settle into the bottom of the chamber, while the lighter oil is entrained back into the flow through the pipeline. A sensor detects water collected in the bottom of the chamber and provides a signal to open a drain valve when sufficient water has been collected. While only a single separator serves to collect a substantial fraction of water, a series of separators may be installed along the pipe to remove more water from the oil. | 08-28-2014 |
20140299443 | SHALE-GAS SEPARATING AND CLEANOUT SYSTEM - This invention relates to the separation of shale, gas and fluid at a shale-gas well. The shale debris and water from a shale-gas well is tangentially communicated to a vessel where the cyclonic effect within the vessel facilitates the separation of the gas from the shale debris. The separated shale debris and fluid falls to a jet assembly whereby it encounters a jet communicating a fluid therethrough. A venturi provides a motive force to the shale debris and fluid sufficient to propel it into a collection bin. The shale-gas separator incorporates a fluid bypass overflow line to prevent a buildup of fluid within the vessel. The shale-gas separator also incorporates an internal aerated cushion system (IACS) pipe for further motivating the shale debris and into the jet assembly, to ensure the walls of the vessel are clean, and to provide an air cushion restricting gas migration to the jet assembly. | 10-09-2014 |
20140353112 | CRUDE OIL DESULFURIZATION - A method of removing sulfur from sour oil by subjecting sour oil having a first sulfur content to high shear in the presence of at least one desulfurizing agent to produce a high shear treated stream, wherein the at least one desulfurizing agent is selected from the group consisting of bases and inorganic salts, and separating both a sulfur-rich product and a sweetened oil product from the high shear-treated stream, wherein the sulfur-rich product comprises elemental sulfur and wherein the sweetened oil product has a second sulfur content that is less than the first sulfur content. A system for reducing the sulfur content of sour oil via at least one high shear device comprising at least one rotor and at least one complementarily-shaped stator, and at least one separation device configured to separate a sulfur-rich product and sweetened oil from the high shear-treated stream. | 12-04-2014 |
20150027849 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO REMOVE POLAR MOLECULES FROM REFINERY STREAMS - The present invention relates to methods and systems for removing polar molecule contaminants from a refinery stream in connection with the processing of hydrocarbon fluids, chemicals, whole crude oils, blends and fractions in refineries and chemical plants that include adding high surface energy and/or high surface area nanoparticle compounds to a refinery stream to remove the polar molecule contaminants. | 01-29-2015 |
20150090556 | REFINERY DESALTER IMPROVEMENT - The improved system relates to desalting hydrocarbon feeds using a separator with a stacked disk centrifuge to separate an emulsified oil and water rag layer. This system is effective for desalting heavy, high ionic, and non-traditional crude oils. | 04-02-2015 |
20150144457 | SEQUENTIAL MIXING SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED DESALTING - A system for desalting crude oil includes delivering a stream of salty crude oil and wash water into a mixing valve, mixing the stream of salty crude oil and wash water through the mixing valve to create a mixed stream of desalted crude oil and salty wash water, delivering the mixed stream of desalted crude oil and salty wash water to a static mixer, and mixing the mixed stream of crude oil and wash water in the static mixer. Within the static mixer, the mixed stream is mixed in a coalescing regime to coalesce smaller droplets of water into larger droplets of water. The mixed stream is then directed to a desalter where the salty wash water is separated from the desalted crude oil. | 05-28-2015 |
20160010002 | FUEL CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SHIP | 01-14-2016 |
20160102763 | FLUID SEAL AND METHOD OF SEALING A GAS CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - A fluid seal system for a hydrocarbon recovery capsule includes a plurality of interconnected fluid seals each comprising an elongated sealing member clamped to a bulkhead plate and biasing a geomembrane to the bulkhead plate. A compression plate is positioned between each elongated sealing member and the bulkhead plate, thereby clamping the geomembrane to the bulkhead plate. An enclosed channel of each elongated sealing member receives a slurry. Clay amended soil surrounds and compresses the plurality of interconnected seals to provide a fluid seal that is capable of withstanding high temperatures while sealing off fluid and gas from the environment. A method of sealing a hydrocarbon recovery capsule is disclosed and described. | 04-14-2016 |
196460100 | With filtration | 2 |
20160177195 | SYSTEM FOR PURIFYING CRUDE OILS | 06-23-2016 |
20160177196 | SYSTEM FOR REGENERATING ADSORBENTS FOR PURIFYING CRUDE OILS | 06-23-2016 |
196098000 | COMBINED VAPORIZING AND CONDENSING | 6 |
20100300830 | Apparatus for Removing a Contaminant from a Solvent Separation Process - The invention is a process and apparatus for removing a contaminant from an aromatic selective solvent. A feed stream comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon and a non-aromatic hydrocarbon is contacted with the aromatic selective solvent in an extractive distillation zone to produce a raffinate stream comprising the non-aromatic hydrocarbon, and a rich solvent stream comprising the aromatic hydrocarbon and the solvent. The rich solvent stream is separated in a second distillation zone to produce an extract stream comprising the aromatic hydrocarbon, and a lean solvent stream comprising the contaminant and the aromatic selective solvent. At least a portion of the lean solvent stream is washed with a non-aromatic hydrocarbon to produce a clean solvent stream, at least a portion of which is passed to at least one of the extractive distillation zone and the second distillation zone. | 12-02-2010 |
20120279825 | RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING OF HEAVY HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS - The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock that utilizes a short residence pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that cracks and chemically upgrades the feedstock. The method for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock comprises introducing a particulate heat carrier into an upflow reactor, introducing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock into the upflow reactor at a location above that of the particulate heat carrier so that a loading ratio of the particulate heat carrier to feedstock is from about 15:1 to about 200:1, allowing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to interact with the heat carrier with a residence time of less than about 1 second, to produce a product stream, separating the product stream from the particulate heat carrier, regenerating the particulate heat carrier, and collecting a gaseous and liquid product from the product stream. | 11-08-2012 |
20130068587 | THERMAL PROCESSING REACTOR FOR MIXTURES, FABRICATION OF THE REACTOR, PROCESSES USING THE REACTORS AND USES OF THE PRODUCTS OBTAINED - A reactor and its internals used for the thermal processing of a mixture. The reactor comprises plates and at least part of the surface of said plates is used to perform said thermal processing. The reactor and its internals are used for the thermal processing of mixtures containing organic compounds. The processes, for thermal processing a mixture comprising organic compounds, comprising the steps of feeding the reactor and its internals and being useful for treating wastes oils and/or for destroying hazardous and/or toxic products; and/or for reusing waste products in an environmentally acceptable form and/or way, and/or for cleaning contaminated soils or beaches, and/or cleaning tar pits, and/or use in coal-oil co-processing, and/or recovering oil from oil spills, and/or PCB free transformed oils. A process for fabricating the reactor and its internals is also proposed. | 03-21-2013 |
20150014120 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REFINING CORROSIVE CRUDES - Systems and methods for refining conventional crude and heavy, corrosive, contaminant-laden carbonaceous crude (Opportunity Crude) in partially or totally separated streams or trains. | 01-15-2015 |
196099000 | Condensate returned to vaporizer | 1 |
196100000 | Columns | 1 |
20130015037 | DUAL-FLOW-BAFFLE COMPOUND GASOLINE FRACTIONATOR OF ETHYLENE UNITAANM Zhao; RuwenAACI TianjinAACO CNAAGP Zhao; Ruwen Tianjin CN - The invention discloses a dual-flaw-baffle compound gasoline fractionator of ethylene unit, a quench oil circulation section is provided with micro baffles which are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction at intervals, a vertex angle of the micro baffle ranges from 90 to 139 degrees, symmetrical bevel edges at two sides of the vertex angle of the micro baffle are provided with symmetrical vertical hems, a medium oil circulation section is provided with dual-flow trays which are arranged in the vertical direction and have meshes with the diameter ranging from Φ18 to 24 mm, a diesel oil separation section is provided with dual-flow trays which are arranged in the vertical direction and have meshes with the diameter ranging from Φ13 to 24 mm, and a gasoline separation section is provided with dual-flow trays which are arranged in the vertical direction and have meshes with the diameter ranging from Φ13 to 18 mm. The gasoline fractionator overcomes the frequent problem of polymer plugging in current plate-type fractionator, and has the prominent advantages of strong impact vibration resistance, reduced pressure of entire tower, high ethylene yield, outstanding energy-saving effect and being capable of ensuring long-term stable operation of this tower. | 01-17-2013 |
196102000 | Condenser or collector in vaporizer | 1 |
20130026000 | SEPARATION AND EXTRACTION OF BITUMEN FROM TAR SANDS - Systems and methods for extracting recoverable materials from source materials are provided. According to one embodiment, a plasma furnace includes an open-faced tray, a pair of arc rods, Faraday coils and a smooth interior surface. The open-faced tray carries tar sands from one end of the plasma furnace to another. The arc rods are disposed above the open-faced tray and are operable to generate a plasma energy field for vaporizing bitumen contained within the tar sands. The Faraday coils are positioned underneath the open-faced tray to create a magnetic field proximate to the tar sands and cause the plasma energy field to penetrate and heat the tar sands to a temperature sufficient to release a bond between the bitumen and the tar sands by focusing and drawing the plasma energy field through the tar sands. Vaporized bitumen condenses on the smooth interior surface from which it is collected. | 01-31-2013 |
196104000 | VAPORIZING | 3 |
20120073932 | DRILL CUTTINGS TREATMENT SYSTEMS - Generally, the present disclosure is related to systems and methods for separating hydrocarbons and/or other liquids from drill cuttings material. One illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is directed to a system that includes, among other things, a thermal reactor that is adapted to remove liquid from drill cuttings material by heating the drill cuttings material to at least a first temperature that is sufficiently high enough to vaporize the liquid. The illustrative system also includes a feeder system that is adapted to controllably feed a flow of the drill cuttings material to the thermal reactor, and a control system that is adapted to control the flow of the drill cuttings material from the feeder system so as to maintain a temperature in the thermal reactor at or above the first temperature. | 03-29-2012 |
196110000 | Tubular | 2 |
20090095594 | CRACKING FURNACE - The invention relates to piping for use as a pyrolysis tube in a cracking furnace. The tube is formed such that it has at least one section whose centreline curves in three dimensions, to induce swirl flow in the tube. Preferably, the tube is formed as a helix. | 04-16-2009 |
20140374213 | PINNED FURNACE TUBES - Furnace tubes for cracking hydrocarbons that in an embodiment have a longitudinal array of pins having i) a maximum height from about 2 to about 4.8 cm; ii) a contact surface with the tube, having an area from about 0.1% to about 10% of the tube external cross section area iii) a uniform cross section along the length of the pin. (i.e., they are typically not tapered); and iv) a length to diameter ratio from about 4:1 to about 2:1 have an improved heat transfer over bare fins and reduced stress relative to a fined tube. | 12-25-2014 |
196138000 | CONDENSING | 1 |
196139000 | Dephlegmators or fractionating columns | 1 |
20090000906 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING POWER FROM FCC PRODUCT - Disclosed is an apparatus for recovery power from an FCC product. Gaseous hydrocarbon product from an FCC reactor is heat exchanged with a heat exchange media which is delivered to an expander to generate power. Cycle oil from product fractionation may be added to the gaseous FCC product to wash away coke precursors. | 01-01-2009 |