EP 1169412 B1 20130619 - RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING OF BITUMEN FEEDSTOCKS
Title (en)
RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING OF BITUMEN FEEDSTOCKS
Title (de)
THERMISCHES KURZZEITVERFAHREN ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON BITUMENEINSATZSTOFFEN
Title (fr)
TRAITEMENT THERMIQUE RAPIDE DE CHARGES DE BITUMEN
Publication
Application
Priority
- CA 0000369 W 20000407
- US 28795899 A 19990407
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0061705A1] 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 process of the present invention provides for the preparation of a partially upgraded feedstock exhibiting reduced viscosity and increased API gravity. This process selectively removes metals, salts, water and nitrogen from the feedstock, while at the same time maximizes the yield of the liquid product, and minimizes coke and gas production. Furthermore, this process reduces the viscosity of the feedstock in order to permit pipeline transport, if desired, of the upgraded feedstock with little or no addition of diluents. 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.
IPC 8 full level
C10G 31/06 (2006.01); C10B 55/04 (2006.01); C10G 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
C10B 55/04 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 9/32 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 31/06 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 2300/201 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 2300/208 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 2300/302 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 2300/304 (2013.01 - EP US); C10G 2300/308 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0061705 A1 20001019; AU 3798300 A 20001114; BR 0009652 A 20020326; BR 0009652 B1 20120403; CA 2369288 A1 20001019; CA 2369288 C 20110524; DK 1169412 T3 20130930; DK 2336274 T3 20130930; EP 1169412 A1 20020109; EP 1169412 B1 20130619; EP 2336274 A1 20110622; EP 2336274 B1 20130619; ES 2429508 T3 20131115; ES 2429816 T3 20131118; MX PA01010120 A 20020812; NO 20014868 D0 20011005; NO 20014868 L 20011206; PT 1169412 E 20130923; PT 2336274 E 20130925; US 2012279825 A1 20121108
DOCDB simple family (application)
CA 0000369 W 20000407; AU 3798300 A 20000407; BR 0009652 A 20000407; CA 2369288 A 20000407; DK 00916713 T 20000407; DK 10184110 T 20000407; EP 00916713 A 20000407; EP 10184110 A 20000407; ES 00916713 T 20000407; ES 10184110 T 20000407; MX PA01010120 A 20000407; NO 20014868 A 20011005; PT 00916713 T 20000407; PT 10184110 T 20000407; US 201213552536 A 20120718