| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 208428000 |
Including contact with extraneous additive other than hydrogen, e.g., solvent, etc.
| 25 |
| 208402000 |
Using electrical, magnetic or wave energy
| 19 |
| 208424000 |
Specified procedure to improve separation of solids from liquid product
| 12 |
| 208407000 |
Specified agitation or circulation in gas contact zone
| 9 |
| 208403000 |
Chemical modification of solids before hydrogenation
| 6 |
| 208426000 |
Including agglomeration, comminution or size-classification of solids | 5 |
| 20090050537 | Methods for Reduction of Pollutants From Carbonaceous Materials Prior to Combustion - Methods for reducing potential pollutants in carbonaceous materials such as coal, lignites and the like prior to utilization such as by combustion, the invention in preferred embodiments processes such materials by resonance disintegration including inter alia subjection to rapid pressure increases and decreases to reduce the materials to particle sizes of a preferable mean value of approximately fifty microns or less. Pollutants such as sulfur, mercury and other heavy metals bound in a mineral fraction and micronized by such processing can then removed by classification techniques based on physical differences between a micronized carbonaceous fraction and the mineral fraction. Combustion of the micronized carbonaceous fraction substantially free of the mineral fraction results in emissions having reduced levels of sulfur, mercury and other toxic substances. The methods of the invention further include removal of water from carbonaceous materials such as coal, lignites and the like by subjection of such materials to resonance disintegration. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090272676 | Hot Asphalt Cooling and Pelletization Process - Systems and methods for pelletizing hot asphaltenes are provided. Asphaltenic hydrocarbons can be dispersed to provide two or more asphaltenic particles. The asphaltenic hydrocarbons can be at a temperature of from about 175° C. to about 430° C. The asphaltenic particles can be contacted with a film of cooling medium. The film can have a thickness of from about 1 mm to about 500 mm. At least a portion of the asphaltenic particles can be solidified by transferring heat from the asphaltenic particles to the cooling medium to provide solid asphaltenic particles. The solid asphaltenic particles can be separated from at least a portion of the cooling medium. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20120228196 | Methods of Preparing Bituminous Material for Bitumen Extraction - Methods of preparing bituminous material for extraction processing are described. The methods can include mixing bituminous material with hydrocarbon solvent before and/or during a step of crushing the bituminous material to reduce the size of clumps contained in the bituminous material. The steps of adding hydrocarbon solvent and crushing the bituminous material can be carried out multiple times. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130313166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING A HOT GAS FLOW THAT IS CHARGED WITH MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OIL SHALE MATERIAL - The separation according to the invention of a material-laden hot gas stream substantially consists of the following method steps:
| 11-28-2013 |
| 20150027931 | PROCESSING COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods, systems and units for liquefaction of combustible material are provided. After separating the combustible material from waste rock gravitationally in an aqueous salt solution selected to have a density which is intermediate between a density of the combustible material and a density of the waste rock and after heating and grinding the separated combustible material to yield a paste of purified combustible material, the paste is fluidizing and hydrogenated underground in a hydrogenation chamber including a Segner turbine. The described processes significantly reduce the energy consumption of the process, remove environmental hazards and result in more efficient liquefaction with respect to existing technologies. | 01-29-2015 |
| 208419000 |
Using specifically added catalyst during hydrogenation | 5 |
| 20160040072 | PROCESSES FOR LIQUEFYING CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCKS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS - Methods for the conversion of lignites, subbituminous coals and other carbonaceous feedstocks into synthetic oils, including oils with properties similar to light weight sweet crude oil using a solvent derived from hydrogenating oil produced by pyrolyzing lignite are set forth herein. Such methods may be conducted, for example, under mild operating conditions with a low cost stoichiometric co-reagent and/or a disposable conversion agent. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20110042272 | Direct coal liquefaction with integrated product hydrotreating and catalyst cascading - A multi-stage catalytic process for the direct liquefaction of coal is utilized with a hydrotreater to first liquefy and subsequently treat the product in one integrated process. A fresh hydrogenation catalyst is used to reduce heteroatoms (S, N) from coal liquids in the downstream hydrotreater. This catalyst is then cascaded and re-used in the direct coal liquefaction process, first in the low temperature Stage 1, and then re-used in the high temperature Stage 2. Coal liquid products have very low contaminants and can be readily used to produce gasoline and diesel fuel. Catalyst requirements are substantially lowered utilizing this novel process. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110120918 | HYDROGENATION OF SOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS USING MIXED CATALYSTS - This invention encompasses systems and methods for converting solid carbonaceous material to a liquid product, comprising maintaining a solid carbonaceous material in the presence of at least one active source of nickel and at least one active source of a second metal at a reaction temperature of greater than 350° C. and at a pressure in the range of 300 to 5000 psig for a time sufficient to form a liquid product. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20100163460 | MICROORGANISM MEDIATED LIQUID FUELS - A method for producing a liquid fuel from a hydrocarbon source. In one embodiment, the method comprises disintegrating a hydrocarbon source, treating the disintegrated hydrocarbon source, solubilizing the disintegrated hydrocarbon source, admixing a biochemical liquor, wherein the biochemical liquor comprises at least one conversion enzyme to form liquid hydrocarbons, separating liquid hydrocarbons, and enriching the liquid hydrocarbons to form a liquid hydrocarbon product. Further, the method comprises producing a liquid fuel in-situ. In certain embodiments the method comprises modified enzymes for producing the liquid fuels. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20140209513 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR COAL LIQUEFACTION - Herein disclosed is a method for coal liquefaction comprising: supersaturating a hydrocarbonaceous liquid stream in a high shear device with a gas stream comprising hydrogen and optionally one or more C1-C6 hydrocarbons to form a supersaturated dispersion; and contacting the supersaturated dispersion with coal in the high shear device or in a coal liquefaction reactor to generate a product stream. In some embodiments, the method further comprises utilizing a conversion catalyst, wherein the catalyst is provided as a slurry, a fluidized bed, or a fixed bed. In some embodiments, the method further comprises feeding a conversion catalyst into the high shear device. In some embodiments, the method further comprises recycling at least a portion of an off gas from the reactor, recycling at least a portion of the product stream from the reactor, or both. Herein also disclosed is a system for coal liquefaction. | 07-31-2014 |
| 208412000 |
Plural hydrogenation steps | 4 |
| 20090045103 | Thermal coal upgrading process - A process for thermally upgrading coal in a vertical processor wherein the coal is gravity fed and a heated inert gas is introduced into the processor. The temperature of the gas, the size of the coal and the rate of movement of the coal are controlled to efficiently remove moisture from the coal and to not remove volatile organic compound. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20130146508 | PROCESS FOR COAL CONVERSION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE STEP OF LIQUEFACTION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF AROMATICS - The invention relates to a process for coal conversion, optionally in co-processing with other feedstocks, notably of the biomass type, comprising at least one liquefaction step, followed by a fixed-bed hydrocracking step and a catalytic reforming step. With this process, aromatic compounds can be obtained from a feedstock containing coal. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20090152171 | PROCESS FOR DIRECT COAL LIQUEFACTION - Process for direct coal liquefaction of coal, including: (1) preparing a coal slurry from raw coal; (2) preheating the coal slurry, then feeding it into reaction system to undergo liquefaction reaction; (3) separating reaction products in a separator to form a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase is fractionated in an atmospheric tower into a light oil fraction and a bottom product; (4) feeding the atmospheric tower bottom product to a vacuum tower to separate into distillate and vacuum residue; (5) mixing the light oil fraction and the distillate to form a mixture, then feeding the mixture to a suspended bed hydrotreating reactor with forced circulation for hydrogenation; (6) fractionating hydrogenation products into oil products and a hydrogen donor recycling solvent. The process can operate long periods, with higher reactor efficiency and utilization factor, increased liquid oil yield and can supply high-quality feedstock for further processing. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090283450 | A PROCESS FOR DIRECT LIQUEFACTION OF COAL - Process for direct coal liquefaction of coal, including: (1) preparing a coal slurry from raw coal; (2) preheating the coal slurry, then feeding it into reaction system to undergo liquefaction reaction; (3) separating reaction products in a separator to form a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase is fractionated in an atmospheric tower into a light oil fraction and a bottom product; (4) feeding the atmospheric tower bottom product to a vacuum tower to separate into distillate and vacuum residue; (5) mixing the light oil fraction and the distillate to form a mixture, then feeding the mixture to a suspended bed hydrotreating reactor with forced circulation for hydrogenation; (6) fractionating hydrogenation products into oil products and a hydrogen donor recycling solvent. The process can operate long periods, with higher reactor efficiency and utilization factor, increased liquid oil yield and can supply high-quality feedstock for further processing. | 11-19-2009 |
| 208401000 |
Including a test or measurement | 3 |
| 20100126911 | Method For Using Native Bitumen Markers To Improve Solvent-Assisted Bitumen Extraction - In solvent-assisted bitumen extraction, a native marker, for example: sulfur, nickel, vanadium, iron copper, or manganese, is used to control the solvent to bitumen ratio in a process stream such as a stream from a froth separation unit (FSU) and/or to measure hydrocarbon loss in a tailings solvent recovery unit (TSRU). | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100300940 | SILICONE FREE ANTI-FOAMING PROCESS AND CONTROLLED FOAMING PROCESS FOR PETROLEUM COKING - The current invention provides an improved petroleum coking process wherein the risk of silicone poisoning of units downstream of the coke drums is eliminated. The method of the current invention controls the foam layer within the coke drum by injection of a non-silicone anti-foam agent, preferably a tire oil. In another embodiment, the current invention provides a controlled foaming method which increases the liquid production from the coke drum. In the controlled foaming method, an anti-foam agent is cyclically injected into the drum early in the coke drum fill cycle. The cyclic injections manage the foam layer without inducing the induction phase in the coke feedstock, thereby increasing the total volume of feedstock received by the coke drum. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20150322348 | PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF CRUDE OIL, SLUDGES, AND EMULSIONS - The present invention provides a process for treatment of petroleum/crude sludge for removal of bound and unbound water thereby facilitating recovery of non volatiles free product hydrocarbons in a range of about 96 wt. % to 100 wt. % along with unbound water having turbidity at least below 20 NTU. The process for treatment of sludge facilitates recovery of almost 100% solvent along with entire bound water in a range of about 99 wt % to 100 wt %. The process for treatment of sludge facilitates recovery of free water in a range of about 94 wt. % to 99 wt. %. The process for treatment of sludge also facilitates recovery of solvent to be reused in said process. The present invention further provides a process for treatment slop oil containing water, solids, salts and limited hydrocarbon content less than 10,000 PPM for recovering usable water therefrom by an effective and economically viable process. The process for treatment of slop oil is capable of bringing down turbidity value thereof in a range of 90 wt. % to 99 wt. %. | 11-12-2015 |
| 208415000 |
Including contact of feed with liquid produced in the process, i.e., recycle | 3 |
| 20080290000 | Coking Apparatus and Process for Oil-Containing Solids - A process for upgrading unconventional or heavy oils such as, tar sands, shale oil, or bitumen. This process may include a coking scheme in which oil-containing solids, of suitable size, are fed directly into the riser of an FCC unit. Contacting a hot stream of solids causes vaporization and produces a gaseous product stream. The gaseous product may be separated out in a separating vessel and coked or unconverted oil-containing solids may be transferred to a gasifier for combustion at high temperatures to remove the coke and residual oil. Syngas from the gasifier may be converted to hydrogen using a water gas shift reaction. The hydrogen may be used for hydroprocessing. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090206007 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR UPGRADING COAL USING SUPERCRITICAL WATER - Coal is converted into hydrocarbon compounds using supercritical water. The process involves two stages; a first stage in which carbonaceous material is reacted with supercritical water at above 850K to produce a first supercritical fluid reaction mixture comprising hydrocarbon compounds; and a second stage in which hydrocarbon compounds are extracted from coal mixed with at least a portion of the first supercritical fluid at a temperature within a range of from the supercritical temperature of water to about 695K. Char from the second stage is finely divided and may be either be used outside the process, e.g. in a coal fired power station or a gasifier, or used as at least a portion of the carbonaceous material used in the first stage. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20150136656 | PROCESS FOR PYROLYSIS OF COAL - A process for pyrolyzing a coal feed is described. The coal feed is pyrolyzed into a coal tar stream and a coke stream in a pyrolysis zone. The coal tar stream is fractionated into at least a pitch stream. The pitch stream is hydrogenated, and the hydrogenated pitch stream is recycled into the pyrolysis zone. The hydrocarbon stream may be processed further by at least one of hydrotreating, hydrocracking, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, and transalkylation. | 05-21-2015 |
| 208427000 |
Including burning of feed or product | 3 |
| 20090159506 | Process for extracting bitumen using light oil - An integrated process for extracting and refining bitumen comprises hydroconverting bitumen in a reactor to provide valuable products and light oil by-product; separating the light oil by-product from the valuable products; transporting the light oil to oil sands reserves; producing steam in steam generators at the oil sands reserves using a portion of the light oil transported to the oil sands reserves; extracting bitumen from the oil sands reserves using steam produced in the steam generators; blending bitumen extracted from the oil sands reserves and a portion of the light oil transported to the oil sands reserves to form a transport blend; and transporting the transport blend to the reactor. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100282644 | Systems and Methods for Low Emission Hydrocarbon Recovery - Systems and methods are provided for low emission (in-situ) heavy oil production, using a compound heat medium, comprising products of combustion of a fuel mixture with an oxidant and a moderator, mixed with steam generated from direct contact of hot combustion products with water, under pressure. The compound heat medium, comprising mainly CO | 11-11-2010 |
| 20160251578 | HIGH RANGE TEMPERATURE THERMAL DISMANTLING METHOD IN PROCESSING OIL SHALE | 09-01-2016 |
| 208414000 |
With hydrogen production from water | 2 |
| 20110089084 | EXTRACTION AND UPGRADING OF BITUMEN FROM OIL SANDS - A method to extract and process bitumen from oil sands involves processing in a pulse enhanced fluidised bed steam reactor, cracking the heavy hydrocarbon fractions, producing hydrogen in situ within the reactor and hydrogenating the cracked fractions using the natural bifunctional catalyst present in the oil sands. This method produces inert oil sands for soil rehabilitation and an upgraded oil stream. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20150136655 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN-RICH COAL TAR - A process for producing hydrogen-rich coal tar includes introducing a coal feed into a pyrolysis zone, and contacting the coal feed with a hydrogen donor stream and a multifunctional catalyst in the pyrolysis zone. The multifunctional catalyst includes a hydrogenation function for increasing a hydrogen content of said coal tar stream. The process further includes pyrolyzing the coal feed with the hydrogen donor stream and the multifunctional catalyst to produce a coke stream and a coal tar stream comprising hydrocarbon vapor. | 05-21-2015 |
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| 20100243535 | Reducing Foulant Carry-Over or Build Up In A Paraffinic Froth Treatment Process - A use of a foulant collector in a vessel or conduit in a paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) process. The foulant comprises asphaltenes. The foulant collectors are purposed to reduce build-up in the vessel or conduit and/or to reduce downstream foulant carry-over in the process. The surface of the foulant collectors may have an average water contact angle of less than 90 degrees. Additionally, together with such foulant collectors, a fluorocarbon polymer may be used as a surface of a vessel or conduit in the PFT process, for reducing fouling. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100243536 | Process and Apparatus to Separate Oil from Mineral Matter - A process for the separation of hydrocarbons from oil-containing solids comprises heating the oil-containing solids in one or several in-series operated continuous mixers by addition of hot solids to the oil-containing solids, thereby forming a mixed solids phase, wherein heating is conducted at a temperature at which most of a hydrocarbon fraction in the oil-containing solids is transferred into a gas phase in the mixer(s), wherein the mixer(s) are positioned horizontally or slightly inclined in a conveying direction and wherein the mixer gas phase is cooled simultaneously to a temperature below 400° C. before or upon exiting the mixer(s). A mixer for the process comprises a continuous mixer having at least one horizontal or in flow direction slightly sloped shaft, fitted with wear resistant stifling devices. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100294700 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAXIMIZING THROUGHPUT OF INDIRECTLY HEATED ROTARY KILNS - An apparatus and method for achieving improved throughput capacity of indirectly heated rotary kilns used to produce pyrolysis products such as shale oils or coal oils that are susceptible to decomposition by high kiln wall temperatures is disclosed. High throughput is achieved by firing the kiln such that optimum wall temperatures are maintained beginning at the point where the materials enter the heating section of the kiln and extending to the point where the materials leave the heated section. Multiple high velocity burners are arranged such that combustion products directly impact on the area of the kiln wall covered internally by the solid material being heated. Firing rates for the burners are controlled to maintain optimum wall temperatures. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110290703 | Coal liquefaction complex with minimal carbon dioxide emissions - The invention described herein relates to a novel process for reducing the carbon dioxide emissions from a coal and/or biomass liquefaction facility by utilizing a steam methane reformer unit in the complex designed to produce additional hydrogen which can be thereafter utilized in the process, as required for the plant fired heaters (including the SMR furnace), and for the production of plant steam. The plant light ends (C | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120292232 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAXIMIZING THROUGHPUT OF INDIRECTLY HEATED ROTARY KILNS - An apparatus and method for achieving improved throughput capacity of indirectly heated rotary kilns used to produce pyrolysis products such as shale oils or coal oils that are susceptible to decomposition by high kiln wall temperatures is disclosed. High throughput is achieved by firing the kiln such that optimum wall temperatures are maintained beginning at the point where the materials enter the heating section of the kiln and extending to the point where the materials leave the heated section. Multiple high velocity burners are arranged such that combustion products directly impact on the area of the kiln wall covered internally by the solid material being heated. Firing rates for the burners are controlled to maintain optimum wall temperatures. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130032510 | Advanced method and apparatus to process Bitumen containing impurities - This invention relates to open-pit mining wherein crushed bitumen is fed into an enclosed pyrolyzer and heated under pressure in a reduced atmosphere where the cracking of asphalt results in a tar-free bitumen in the form of volatile matter containing a hydrogen rich, non-condensable syngas with vaporized light liquids and incandescent char. The syngas and vaporized light liquids are desulfurized and upgraded in a first hot gas cleanup, while part of the hot char is gasified with air into a fuel gas and into oil-free, tar-free, dry, solid tailings; the other part used as fuel for heating the pyrolyzer. The fuel gas passes through a second hot gas cleanup, producing clean, desulfurized lean gas ideal to generate clean, efficient electric power. Emitted CO | 02-07-2013 |
| 20140124413 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID HYDROCARBON - The invention relates to continuous process for converting carbonaceous material contained in one or more feedstocks into a liquid hydrocarbon product, said feedstocks including the carbonaceous material being in a feed mixture including one or more fluids, said fluids including water and further liquid organic compounds at least partly produced by the process in a concentration of at least 1% by weight, where the process comprises converting at least part of the carbonaceous material by pressurising the feed mixture to a pressure in the range 50-400 bar; heating the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 250-500° C., maintaining said pressurized and heated feed mixture in the desired pressure and temperature ranges in a reaction zone for a predefined time; cooling the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 25-200° C. and expanding the feed mixture to a pressure in the range of 1-70 bar, thereby causing the carbonaceous material to be converted to a liquid hydrocarbon product; at least partly expanding said converted feed mixture in a flash separation step, wherein the converted feed mixture is separated into a gas phase and a liquid phase, and wherein liquid C02 is recovered from said gas phase, and separating from the liquid phase a fraction comprising liquid hydrocarbon product. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140262965 | Liquid Fuel Production Process and Apparatus Employing Direct and Indirect Coal Liquefaction - A method and apparatus for producing liquids from coal including diesel and jet fuel blends and BTX in which the coal feed is converted to liquids in a DCL reactor, the produced liquids are upgraded and separated into, naphtha and DCL jet or diesel blend stock streams, the C3/180-350° F. stream is converted in a Fischer Tropsch reactor to produce a highly paraffinic diesel or jet fuel blend stock and the DCL and Fischer Tropsch blend stocks are blended in controlled ratios to produce premium diesel or jet fuels meeting applicable specifications. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150136652 | PROCESS FOR HYDROTREATING A COAL TAR STREAM - A process for hydrotreating a coal tar stream is described. A coal tar stream is provided, and the coal tar stream is expanded with an inert gas stream to provide an expanded liquid coal tar stream. The expanded liquid coal tar stream is hydrotreated. The coal tar stream can be reacted with a hydrocarbon solvent before it is expanded. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150136653 | PROCESS FOR PYROLYSIS AND GASIFICATION OF A COAL FEED - A process for gasifying and pyrolyzing coal is described. A first coal feed is pyrolyzed into a coal tar stream and a coke stream in a pyrolysis zone. A second coal feed is gasified in a gasification zone to produce an effluent stream. Contaminants are removed from the effluent stream to provide a purified effluent stream. The purified effluent stream is introduced to the pyrolysis zone. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150136654 | PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF PITCH FROM COAL TAR - A process for treating a pitch fraction from coal tar is described. The pitch fraction is contacted with a solvent, an extraction agent, or an adsorbent to remove at least one contaminant, such as oxygenate compounds, nitrogen containing compounds, and sulfur containing compounds. The solvent can be an ionic liquid, the extraction agent can be at least one of amphiphilic block copolymers, cyclodextrins, functionalized cyclodextrins, and cyclodextrin-functionalized polymers, and the adsorbent can be exfoliated graphite oxide, thermally exfoliated graphite oxide or intercalated graphite compounds. | 05-21-2015 |
