| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 208100000 | Separation of vapors and liquid products | 27 |
| 20090166258 | Method for Producing a Hydrogen-Enriched Gas Stream from Hydrogenated Gas Streams Comprising Hydrocarbons - The invention concerns a method for producing a hydrogen-enriched gas stream from at least one gas stream comprising for the major part hydrogen and a gas stream comprising hydrogen and hydrocarbons, using a pressure-modulated gas adsorption unit, the temperature of the gas stream comprising hydrogen and hydrocarbons being first lowered so as to condense the hydrocarbons. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090200202 | Ring opening process - A single stage process for desulfurization and ring opening of a sulphur containing hydrocarbon feedstock comprising:
| 08-13-2009 |
| 20100270209 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING MIDDLE DISTILLATE FROM HYDROCARBONACEOUS ENERGY SOURCES - 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. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110108460 | PROCESS FOR HYDROTREATMENT AND HYDROISOMERIZATION OF FEEDSTOCKS OBTAINED FROM A RENEWABLE SOURCE IMPLEMENTING A ZEOLITE THAT IS MODIFIED BY A BASIC TREATMENT - 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 | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110120911 | GASOLINE SULFUR REDUCTION CATALYST FOR FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING PROCESS - 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. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110163003 | UPGRADING HEAVY OIL BY VISBREAKING - 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. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110174685 | PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FEED - 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. The catalyst is comprised of a material comprised of a first metal and a second metal, where the first metal is selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Ni, Co, Bi, Ag, Mn, Zn, Sn, Ru, La, Pr, Sm, Eu, Yb, Lu, Dy, Pb, and Sb and the second metal is Mo, W, V, Sn, and Sb, wherein the material is comprised of at least three linked chain elements, the chain elements comprising a first chain element including the first metal and having a structure according to formula (I) and a second chain element including the second metal and having a structure according to formula (II) | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110174686 | PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FEED - 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 MoS | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110174687 | PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FEED - 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 m | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110174688 | PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FEED - 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. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110174689 | PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FEED - 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 μmol ammonia per gram of catalyst. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110186480 | PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FEED - 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. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120138509 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING CATALYTIC PRODUCT - 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. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120168349 | HYDROCRACKING PROCESS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON OIL - 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. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130043161 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING HYDROPROCESSED HYDROCARBONS WITH TWO STRIPPERS IN ONE VESSEL - 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. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130043162 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING HYDROPROCESSED HYDROCARBONS WITH TWO STRIPPERS AND COMMON OVERHEAD RECOVERY - 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. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130092600 | PROCESS TO PARTIALLY UPGRADE SLURRY OIL - 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. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140262946 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING HYDROPROCESSED HYDROCARBONS WITH SINGLE PRODUCT FRACTIONATION COLUMN - A hot stripped hydroprocessed stream from a stripper column may be sent directly to a vacuum fractionation column instead of being first processed in an atmospheric fractionation column. If a separate warm stripper column is used, both the warm stripped stream and a hot stripped stream may be fractionated in the same fractionation column, particularly a vacuum fractionation column. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160053189 | METHOD FOR THE CONVERSION OF ASPHALTENES TO LIGHT FRACTIONS - The present invention provides a method for the conversion of asphaltenes to light fractions, including: a process of reacting a hydrogen donor solvent with an asphaltene-containing feedstock, and fractionating reaction products, where a weight ratio of the hydrogen donor solvent to the asphaltene-containing feedstock is 0.1-5:1, a weight hourly space velocity of the reaction is 0.2-5 h | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160068762 | PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A FEED STREAM TO AN ISOMERIZATION ZONE - A process for heating a feed stream to an isomerization zone by passing the feed stream though heat exchangers and heating the feeds stream with reactor effluent from the isomerization zone. The effluent from the last reactor is passed to a stabilization column and then a separation column, preferably without heating the feed stream. The separation column may also be heated with effluent from a reactor in the isomerization zone. | 03-10-2016 |
| 208101000 | With absorption with liquid | 1 |
| 20150144530 | DELAYED COKING OF OIL RESIDUES - This invention relates to petroleum processing, in particular to producing coke with a delayed coking process and to an assembly for trapping the products formed during the coke steaming and cooling processes. | 05-28-2015 |
| 208102000 | With additional separation of liquid products from primary separation zone | 4 |
| 20130140214 | SUPERCRITICAL WATER PROCESS TO UPGRADE PETROLEUM - Provided is a process for the supercritical upgrading of petroleum feedstock, wherein the process includes the use of a start-up agent, wherein the use of the start-up agent facilitates mixing of the petroleum feedstock and water, thereby reducing or eliminating the production of coke, coke precursor, and sludge. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20140158585 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A GAS OIL FRACTION - The invention provides a process for the preparation of a gas oil fraction comprising the steps of: (a) providing a stream of a first hydrocarbon product of which a major portion of the hydrocarbons have a boiling point in the range of from 370-540° C. and a stream of a second hydrocarbon product of which a major portion of the hydrocarbons have a boiling point of less than 370° C.; (b) separating at least part of the stream of the first hydrocarbon product in a separating section into a gaseous stream and a liquid stream; (c) separating at least part of the second hydrocarbon product stream in a separating section into a gaseous stream and a liquid stream; (d) introducing at least part of the liquid stream as obtained in step (b) and at least part of the liquid stream as obtained in step (c) into a fractionating section to obtain a number of fractions of hydrocarbons including a gas oil fraction, wherein the at least part of the liquid stream as obtained in step (b) is introduced into the fractionating section at a level which is lower than the level at which the at least part of the liquid stream as obtained in step (c) is introduced into the fractionating section; and (e) recovering from the fractionating section the gas oil fraction. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140262947 | FIXED BED HYDROVISBREAKING OF HEAVY HYDROCARBON OILS - The disclosure relates to processes for upgrading heavy hydrocarbon oils such as heavy crude oils, atmospheric residuum, vacuum residuum, heavy oils from catalytic treatment, heavy cycle oils from fluid catalytic cracking, thermal tars, as oils from visbreaking, oils from oil sands, bitumen, deasphlter rock, and heavy oils derived from coal. The process utilizes a utility fluid including recycled liquid hydroprocessed product containing a significant amount of single or multi-ring aromatics. Unlike conventional fixed bed resid hydroprocessing, the process can be operated at temperatures pressures and reactor conditions that favor the desired hydrocracking reactions over aromatics hydrogenation reduce the coking tendencies of heavy hydrocarbon oils. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140262948 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING HYDROPROCESSED HYDROCARBONS WITH STRIPPER COLUMNS - Two or three strippers are used to strip three hydroprocessed effluent streams, perhaps from a slurry hydrocracking reactor, separated by temperature instead of a single stripper to preserve separations previously made and conserving energy and reducing vessel size. A cold stripped stream may be taken as a diesel blending stock without further fractionation. | 09-18-2014 |
| 208103000 | With additional separation of vapor products | 2 |
| 20100025294 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A MIDDLE DISTILLATE - A process for producing a middle distillate or a middle distillate blending component, comprising contacting a feed comprising an olefin, an isoparaffin, and less than 5 wt % oligomerized olefin, in an ionic liquid alkylation zone with an acidic haloaluminate ionic liquid, at alkylation conditions; and recovering an effluent comprising an alkylated product that has greater than 35 vol % C10+ and less than 1 vol % C55+. Also processes for producing a middle distillate by alkylating isobutane and butene in the presence of defined chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalysts, wherein a separating step separates the middle distillate and wherein the middle distillate is from 20 wt % or higher of the total alkylate product. Also a process for producing middle distillate with FC cracker feed comprising olefins. A separated middle distillate has greater than 30 vol % C10+, less than 1 vol % C55+, and a cloud point less than −50° C. | 02-04-2010 |
| 208104000 | With distillation of second stage liquid | 1 |
| 20140048447 | HYDROTREATING PROCESS AND APPARATUS RELATING THERETO - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for treating a hydroprocessing fraction. The process can include obtaining a bottom stream from a fractionation zone, and passing at least a portion of the bottom stream to a film generating evaporator zone for separating a first stream containing less heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds than a second stream. | 02-20-2014 |
