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| 20080275285 | Reduction of ethanol, aldols, polyols and polar organic compounds to hydrocarbons using natural gas - Catalytic processes have been developed for reductive conversion of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, ethers, amines, thiols, phosphines and aldols to hydrocarbons using methane, natural gas or other gaseous hydrocarbons. Aliphatic hydrocarbons including propane, nonanes, tridecanes, gasoline, diesel fuel, oils, solvents and other organic compounds can be formed by this catalytic process. The catalysts are based on di-metal, tri-metal and/or poly-metal backbone or molecular string type compounds of transition metals, comprising titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold and combinations thereof in conjunction with a non-fluoride magnesium halide. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090048475 | Olefin production utilizing a feed containing condensate and crude oil - A method for utilizing a feed comprising condensate and crude oil for an olefin production plant is disclosed. The feed is subjected to vaporization and separated into vaporous hydrocarbons and liquid hydrocarbons. The vaporous hydrocarbons stream is thermally cracked in the plant. The liquid hydrocarbons are recovered. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090054716 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LOWER OLEFINS FROM HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK UTILIZING PARTIAL VAPORIZATION AND SEPARATELY CONTROLLED SETS OF PYROLYSIS COILS - A process for making lower olefins from a wide boiling range hydrocarbon feed by use of a combination of one or more vapor/liquid separation devices, and then pyrolytically cracking the vapor phase in separate sets of pyrolysis radiant tubes, thereby producing a higher level of lower olefin product. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090069616 | Integrated Refinery with Enhanced Olefin and Reformate Production - A high-flux membrane, especially a sieving membrane, is used to separate a naphtha feedstock into a retentate fraction having a reduced concentration of normal paraffins for an enhanced reforming feed and a permeate fraction having an increased concentration of normal paraffins for an enhanced cracking feed. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090112037 | Process for Recovering Ethylene From an Autothermal Cracking Reactor Effluent - The process of this invention represents an improved method for recovering a purified ethylene product and optionally a purified hydrogen product from the effluent of an autothermal cracking reactor. The process consists of cracked gas chilling, rough separation of a hydrogen-rich stream, demethanization, separation of ethylene from the demethanizer bottoms product, and final purification of the ethylene product. Hydrocarbons heavier than ethylene, including ethane, propylene, and propane are recycled to the ATC reactor. Optionally a purified hydrogen product can be obtained from the hydrogen-rich stream. The invention is particularly useful when the fresh hydrocarbons feed to the autothermal cracking reactor is ethane or a mixture of ethane and propane. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090143631 | Process For the Production of Olefins By Autothermal Cracking - The present invention provides a process for the production of olefins by autothermal cracking of a paraffinic hydrocarbon-containing feedstock in the presence of a molecular oxygen-containing gas, wherein said process comprises (a) providing a pre-heated, mixed feedstream comprising said paraffinic hydrocarbon containing feedstock and said molecular oxygen-containing gas, (b) subsequently mixing said pre-heated, mixed feedstream with a diluent, said diluent being pre-heated to a temperature of at least 400° C., to produce a diluted mixed feedstream comprising at least 10% by volume of diluent, and (c) contacting said diluted mixed feedstream with a catalyst capable of supporting combustion beyond the normal fuel rich limit of flammability, to provide a hydrocarbon product stream comprising olefins. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090203951 | Method and apparatus for capturing and using heat generated by the production of light olefins - A system and method for capturing the heat generated by the various types of catalytic cracking of heavy hydrocarbons feedstocks for the production of a light olefins and using the captured heat in the operation of a C3 stripper or propane-propylene fractionator. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090326301 | TWO STAGE CONTACT COOLER DESIGN FOR HOT WATER GENERATION - Systems and methods are provided herein for cooling an olefin cracking reactor effluent stream. One provided method includes reacting a hydrocarbon feedstock including C | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100174130 | Process for Cracking a Heavy Hydrocarbon Feedstream - A process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstream containing non-volatile components in a hydrocarbon cracking furnace having upper and lower convection heating sections within a flue of the furnace, a radiant heating section downstream of and connected to said lower convection heating section, a transfer line exchanger downstream of and connected to said radiant heating section, a furnace box containing furnace burners and said radiant heating section, and a vapor/liquid separator vessel connected between the upper and lower convection heating sections, the process comprising (a) passing said hydrocarbon feedstream into said upper convection section to heat said hydrocarbon feedstream to a first temperature sufficient to flash at least a portion of the hydrocarbons within said hydrocarbon feedstream into a vapor phase to form a vapor/liquid stream; (b) passing said vapor/liquid stream out of said upper convection section and into said vapor/liquid separator to separate said vapor/liquid stream into a hydrocarbon-containing vapor phase and a hydrocarbon-containing liquid phase within said vapor/liquid separator; (c) collecting said liquid phase into a bottoms liquid within said vapor/liquid separator; (d) passing said vapor phase into said radiant heating section and cracking hydrocarbons in said vapor phase to form an olefins-containing effluent stream; and (e) periodically injecting an air-steam mixture into said convection heating section, then through said vapor/liquid separator to incinerate coke formed and passing an incinerated coke residue/air-steam mixture so-formed between the furnace burners within the furnace box. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100268010 | INTEGRATED REFINERY WITH ENHANCED OLEFIN AND REFORMATE PRODUCTION - A high-flux membrane, especially a sieving membrane, is used to separate a naphtha feedstock into a retentate fraction having a reduced concentration of normal paraffins for an enhanced reforming feed and a permeate fraction having an increased concentration of normal paraffins for an enhanced cracking feed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100292522 | Stabilized Ceramic Composition, Apparatus and Methods of Using the Same - In one aspect, the invention includes a refractory material, said material comprising: (i) at least 20 wt. % of a first grain mode stabilized zirconia based upon the total weight of said material, said first grain mode having a D50 grain size in the range of from 5 to 2000 μm, said stabilized zirconia including a matrix oxide stabilizer; (ii) at least 1 wt. % of a second grain mode having a D50 grain size in the range of from 0.01 μm up to not greater than one-fourth the D50 grain size of said first grain mode zirconia, based upon the total weight of said material; and (iii) at least 1 wt. % of a preservative component within at least one of said first grain mode stabilized zirconia, said second grain mode stabilized zirconia, and an optional another grain mode; wherein after sintering, said material has porosity at 20° C. in the range of from 5 to 45 vol %. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100292523 | Pyrolysis Reactor Materials and Methods - In one aspect, the invention includes a reactor apparatus for pyrolyzing a hydrocarbon feedstock, the apparatus including: a reactor component comprising a refractory material in oxide form, the refractory material having a melting point of at least 2060° C. and which remains in oxide form when exposed to a gas having an oxygen partial pressure of 10 | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110144405 | HEAVY FEED MIXER - An apparatus designed to completely vaporize an intake of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock is described. The apparatus, a so-called heavy feed mixer, is comprised of pipes being disposed coaxially about a common longitudinal axis. The inner tubular section delivers a two-phase liquid-vapor mixture of hydrocarbon feedstock and dilution steam to the apparatus. The converging/diverging tubular section has a unique structure which converges to a throat section and then diverges to an outlet section. The converging section directs a uniform shroud of superheated steam onto the hydrocarbon stream delivered by the inner tubular section. Impingement of the superheated steam with the intake stream initiates mixing and further vaporization within the throat section. The mixture traverses the converging/diverging tubular section and passes into the outlet section where vaporization is complete. The completely vaporized stream is directed out of the apparatus for further processing downstream. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110207984 | ADDITIVE WITH MULTIPLE SYSTEM OF ZEOLITES AND METHOD OF PREPARATION - Additives for mixing with the catalyst inventory in process units for fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) for maximizing the production of LPG and light olefins are described. Said additives comprise a matrix that incorporates a zeolite of type MFI, preferably zeolite ZSM-5, a zeolite of type Y, and a source of phosphorus, in a single particle. Mixing of the additive in proportions from 1.0 to 40 wt. % with the equilibrium catalyst of an FCC unit maximizes the production of LPG and light olefins, chiefly propylene. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110257455 | Apparatus And Methods For Utilizing Heat Exchanger Tubes - In one aspect, the present techniques include a heat exchange apparatus including: a) a body comprising an interior cavity, the body including: a first surface and a second surface defining at least a portion of the body and the first surface positioned exterior with respect to the second surface and the interior cavity, and the second surface positioned exterior with respect to the interior cavity and interior with respect to the first surface; b) a first conduit for conveying a fluid to the body; c) a second conduit in fluid communication with the first conduit wherein the second conduit is positioned at least partially within the interior cavity of the body; and d) a joint between the first conduit and the second conduit, wherein the joint moves between a first location and a second location based on the temperature within the interior cavity, wherein at least one of said first location and said second location is positioned intermediate the first surface and the second surface. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110319690 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING CARBON AND HYDROCARBON CRACKING AND APPARATUS FOR HYDROCARBON CRACKING - A method for converting carbon into a carbon oxide, comprises: contacting carbon with steam in presence of a carnegieite-like material of formula (Na | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120130139 | PROCESS FOR CRACKING HEAVY HYDROCARON FEED - A process for cracking a heavy hydrocarbon feed is disclosed. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is passed to a first zone of a vaporization unit to separate a first vapor stream and a first liquid stream. The first liquid stream is passed to a second zone of the vaporization unit and contacted intimately with a countercurrent steam to produce a second vapor stream and a second liquid stream. The second vapor stream is contacted with a wash liquid in a rectification section to form a rectified stream. The first vapor stream and the rectified stream are cracked in the radiant section of the steam cracker to produce a cracked effluent. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120149962 | IN SITU REMOVAL OF IRON COMPLEXES DURING CRACKING - The presence of complexes predominantly of iron and one or more of chromium, nickel and oxygen and mixtures thereof on the surface of a stainless steel exposed to a feed stream containing hydrocarbons at elevated temperatures tends to give rise to decomposition products of the hydrocarbon. The amount of iron complexes may be reduced in situ without stopping the process by adding to the feed stream 0.001 to 1 vol % a silane and optionally from 0 to 500 ppm based on the weight of the feed stream of sulphur or a sulphur containing compound. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120203049 | HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a heat exchange device having at least one heat exchange tube is disclosed. The method includes: determining a peak heat flux area of the at least one heat exchange tube; and disposing in the at least one heat exchange tube an flow enhancement device for creating a desirable flow pattern in a process fluid flowing through the at least one heat exchange tube; wherein the flow enhancement device is disposed in the at least one heat exchange tube upstream of or at the determined peak heat flux area of the at least one heat exchange tube. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120253092 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL OF FOULANT PRECURSORS FROM A RECYCLE STREAM OF AN OLEFINS CONVERSION PROCESS - A post fractionation process for removing heavy hydrocarbons from the C | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130116494 | Hydrocarbon Pyrolysis Process - Disclosed is a pyrolysis process that is capable of being with reduced coke and/or tar formation. The process can pyrolyze hydrocarbon feed that contains low- to mid-range levels of non-volatiles. Pyrolysis is carried out with a predetermined amount of the feed being in the liquid phase so as to minimize coke and/or tar formation in the pyrolysis reactor. The pyrolysis feed may also include a diluent, such as molecular hydrogen, that further acts to minimize coke and/or tar formation in the pyrolysis reactor. The amount of diluent in the pyrolysis feed can be adjusted to adjust or control dry point of the hydrocarbon in the pyrolysis feed. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20140024873 | COKE CATCHER - The present disclosure provides for processes including a coke catcher that may be emptied during normal operation or steam standby, thereby overcoming the deficiencies in the prior design as discussed above, the coke catchers and process flows disclosed herein protecting the secondary transfer line exchanger from foulant while not limiting the time between heater cold shutdowns. The designs consider the impact of decoking options, such as when decoking to a firebox as opposed to a decoking drum. Further, flow and cost considerations are addressed in various embodiments; for example, decoke valves are fairly expensive, and process flows disclosed herein may provide for relocation of the decoke valve to facilitate coke catcher operations while not adding an expensive valve to the overall operating flow scheme. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140296604 | Method and Apparatus For Managing Hydrate Formation In The Processing Of A Hydrocarbon Stream - A method and system are disclosed for managing hydrate formation in a process that converts a hydrocarbon stream into C | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140357923 | Vapor-Liquid Separation - The invention generally relates to vapor-liquid separation, such as disengaging liquid from vapor containing C | 12-04-2014 |
