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Mineral oils: processes and products September class, title,number 09/10

20100243518 - Deasphalting of gas oil from slurry hydrocracking: Integrated slurry hydrocracking (SHC) and solvent deasphalting (SDA) methods for making slurry hydrocracking (SHC) distillates are disclosed. Representative methods involve passing a slurry comprising a vacuum column resid, a recycled, deasphalted oil obtained from SDA, and a solid particulate through an SHC reaction zone in the presence of hydrogen to... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100243537 - Process for inhibiting fouling in hydrocarbon processing: A method for inhibiting the formation of fouling materials including contacting hydrocarbon media containing aldehyde compounds with an antifoulant while treating the hydrocarbon media with a basic wash. The antifoulant includes a reducing sugar.... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20100243520 - Separation method and assembly for process streams in component separation units: A method and assembly for utilizing open-cell cellular solid material in a component separation unit to separate one or more process streams into component process streams having desired compositions. A method and assembly for using said open-cell cellular solid material to separate process streams into desired component process streams in... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (hou) Intellectual Property Department

20100243519 - Separation method and assembly for process streams in component separation units: A method and assembly for utilizing open-cell cellular solid material in a component separation unit to separate one or more process streams into component process streams having desired compositions. A method and assembly for using said open-cell cellular solid material to separate process streams into desired component process streams in... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (hou) Intellectual Property Department

20100243521 - Fired heater for a hydrocarbon conversion process: One exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be a fired heater for a hydrocarbon conversion process. The fired heater includes inlet and outlet headers or manifolds, a set of heater tubes with each heater tube having an inlet and an outlet, at least one restriction orifice adjacent the inlet... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100243522 - System and process for producing high quality gasoline by catalytic hydrocarbon recombination: This invention relates to a system for the preparation of a high quality gasoline through the recombination of catalytic hydrocarbon and its process. The characteristics are as follows: the upper part of the fractionator is connected with light petrol hydrogenation unit through the light petrol pipeline. The lower part of... Agent: J C Patents

20100243523 - Processing of acid containing hydrocarbons: A method for thermally cracking an organic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step operated under conditions designed to disassociate acid species in the feed prior to passing the feed to a thermal cracking furnace.... Agent: Lyondellbasell Industries

20100243524 - Processing of acid containing hydrocarbons: A method for thermally cracking an organic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step operated under conditions designed to vaporize and transmit a significant amount of the acid species in the feed to a thermal cracking furnace.... Agent: Lyondellbasell Industries

20100243525 - Processing of acid containing hydrocarbons: A method for thermally cracking an organic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step, followed by thermal cracking.... Agent: Lyondellbasell Industries

20100243526 - High surface area composition for use in the catalytic hydroconversion of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, a method making such composition and its use: A catalyst composition that is especially useful in the hydroconversion of pitch, micro carbon residue and sulfur contents of a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock without the excessive formation of sediment. The catalyst composition is a reasonably high surface area composition containing alumina and a low molybdenum content with a high ratio... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20100243527 - Direct feed/effluent heat exchange in fluid catalytic cracking: Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes are described, in which hydroprocessed hydrocarbon streams or other hydrocarbon feed streams having a low coking tendency are subjected to direct heat exchange with the FCC reactor effluent, for example in the FCC main column. The processes operate with sufficient severity such that little or... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100243528 - Method and system relating to a wet gas compressor: One exemplary embodiment can be a method for revamping a fluid catalytic cracking unit. The method can include communicating an expander powered by a regeneration zone flue gas stream with a wet gas compressor transferring a stream including one or more hydrocarbons from a receiver of the fluid catalytic cracking... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100243529 - Process for contacting high contaminated feedstocks with catalyst in an fcc unit: An FCC process comprising an enlarged riser section and a distributor in an elevated position and with an opening in its tip away from riser walls may reduce coke build-up along the interior walls of a riser. Catalytic mixing may be improved, which could reduce riser coking by increasing hydrocarbon... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100243530 - Process for preparing a hydrotreatment catalyst by impregnation with a phosphorus-containing compound:

20100243531 - Low sulfur fuels: Provided are methods of reducing a sulfur concentration in a liquid fuel and methods of forming a thiophene/metal complex in a liquid fuel. The method can involve combining a liquid fuel and at least one metal acetate to form a thiophene/metal complex and substantially removing the thiophene/metal complexes from the... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100243532 - Apparatus and process for treating a hydrocarbon stream: One exemplary embodiment can be an apparatus for treating a hydrocarbon stream having one or more compounds with a boiling point of about 140-about 450° C. The apparatus can include an extraction zone and a regeneration zone. The extraction zone can include at least one settler. Each settler can have... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100243533 - Extraction of aromatics from hydrocarbon oil using n-methyl 2-pyrrolidone and co-solvent: The present invention provides a process for extraction of aromatic material from hydrocarbon oil by using a solvent mixture comprising N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP), at least one co-solvent and optionally water, to obtain a raffinate. The process of the present invention lowers operating cost as the cost of the co-solvent employed is... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100243534 - Silicates addition in bitumen froth treatment: A method for processing a bitumen froth comprising bitumen, water and solids including fine solids for reducing the solids concentration in diluted bitumen is provided comprising diluting the bitumen froth with a hydrocarbon diluent to form a dilfroth; adding a sufficient amount of a silicate to the dilfroth to cause... Agent: Bennett Jones LLP C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

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... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

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... Agent: Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20100236978 - Method for hydro-upgrading inferior gasoline via ultra-deep desulfurization and octane number recovery: The present invention relates to a method of hydro-upgrading inferior gasoline through ultra-deep desulfurization and octane number recovery. The method comprises the following steps: cutting inferior full-range gasoline into light fraction gasoline and heavy fraction gasolines; contacting the light fraction gasoline successively with a catalyst for selective diene removal and... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20100236979 - Method for producing ultra-clean gasoline: The present invention relates to a method for producing ultra-clean gasoline. The invention provides a method of hydro-upgrading inferior gasoline through deep desulfurization and octane number recovery, which comprises the following steps: cutting inferior full-range gasoline into the light and heavy fraction gasolines; contacting the light fraction gasoline successively with... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20100236980 - Maintaining catalyst activity for converting a hydrocarbon feed: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for fluid catalytic cracking. The process can include withdrawing a catalyst from a reaction vessel to replace a catalyst inventory over a period of about 10- about 35 days for maximizing propylene yield.... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100236981 - System and process for producing high quality gasoline by catalytic hydrocarbon recombination: A system and process for the preparation of high quality gasoline through recombination of catalytic hydrocarbon includes fractionator and extractor. The upper part of the fractionator is equipped with light petrol pipeline, the lower part of the fractionator is equipped with heavy petrol pipeline, the middle part of the fractionator... Agent: J C Patents

20100236982 - Process for feed preheating with flue gas cooler: Hydrocarbon feed to a catalytic reactor can be heat exchanged with flue gas from a catalyst regenerator. This innovation enables recovery of more energy from flue gas thus resulting in a lower flue gas discharge temperature. As a result, other hot hydrocarbon streams conventionally used to preheat hydrocarbon feed can... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100236983 - Catalytic cracking catalyst, process for producing the same, and method of catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon oil: The catalyst for catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon oil comprises a crystalline aluminosilicate, a binder, and a clay mineral in a certain proportion, wherein the content of sodium and potassium therein is 0.5% by mass or lower in terms of oxide (Na2O and K2O) amount, the content of at least... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100236984 - Supported iridium catalysts: A method of converting at least one first alkane to a mixture of at least one low molecular weight alkane (optionally also including additional lower and/or higher molecular weight alkanes) and at least one high molecular weight alkane, comprises: reacting a first alkane in the presence of dual catalyst system... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20100236986 - Catalyst comprising palladium and its application in selective hydrogenation: m

20100236985 - Dehydrogenation process and catalyst: A supported catalyst and process for dehydrogenating a hydrocarbon, the catalyst comprising a first component selected from the group consisting of tin, germanium, lead, indium, gallium, thallium, and compounds thereof; a second component selected from the group consisting of metals of Group 8 of the Periodic Table of the Elements... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20100236987 - Method for the integrated production and utilization of synthesis gas for production of mixed alcohols, for hydrocarbon recovery, and for gasoline/diesel refinery: A method for the integrated production and utilization of synthesis gas for production of mixed alcohols, for hydrocarbon recovery, and for gasoline/diesel refinery, has the following steps: forming a hydrocarbon fuel including coal and/or gas oil; gasifying the hydrocarbon fuel to form synthesis gas that includes hydrogen and carbon monoxide;... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20100236988 - Oil and polar additive impregnated composition useful in the catalytic hydroprocessing of hydrocarbons, a method of making such catalyst, and a process of using such catalyst: A composition that comprises a support material having incorporated therein a metal component and impregnated with both hydrocarbon oil and a polar additive. The composition that is impregnated with both hydrocarbon oil and polar additive is useful in the hydrotreating of hydrocarbon feedstocks, and it is especially useful in applications... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20100236989 - Surface modified sorbent: Disclosed herein is a sorbent composition including an adsorbent support; and a metal component comprising a transition metal, wherein the metal component is impregnated on a surface of the adsorbent support; and wherein the metal component effects the removal of sulfur and vanadium from a hydrocarbon fuel. Also disclosed herein... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20100236990 - Bubble separation to remove haze and improve filterability of lube base stocks: Provided is a bubble generating process used to treat dewaxed lube base stocks to improve their filterability, hazy appearance or both. In one form, the process for improving at least one of haze appearance and filterability of a dewaxed lubricating oil basestock contained in a storage vessel includes contacting the... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20100236991 - System and method for extracting bitumen from tar sand: An improved system for removing bitumen from tar sands comprises a pre-treatment system utilizing a vibratory load hopper for classifying and sizing said tar sand particles communicating with a dryer for heating and drying said tar sand particles to a predetermined temperature thereby controlling the moisture content of said tar... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20100230323 - Hydroprocessing of heavy hydrocarbons using liquid quench streams: A process for reducing sulfur, nitrogen, metals and asphaltene contents, while increasing the yield of distillable fractions in heavy hydrocarbons, by using a cooled light fraction as a liquid quench stream. The light fraction is obtained by splitting heavy hydrocarbons into a heavy fraction, and a light fraction which may... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20100230324 - Control of fluid catalytic cracking process for minimizing additive usage in the desulfurization of petroleum feedstocks: A method and apparatus for the cracking of a petroleum oil feedstock to produce a desulfurized full-range gasoline product. The petroleum oil feedstock is contacted with a base cracking catalyst and an FCC additive in an FCC unit, wherein the catalyst includes a stable Y-type zeolite and a rare-earth metal... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20100230325 - Process for removing oil from particulate matter: There is provided a process for removing oil from particulate matter comprising mixing an aqueous slurry of the particulate matter with at least one stream of water applied at a pressure of from 0.5 to 100 Mpa, wherein the one or more high pressure water streams expand adiabatically when mixed... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20100224534 - Process 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 C10-hydrocarbons as feed to the downstream catalytic reactor.... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100224535 - Carbon supported catalyst for demetallation of heavy crude oil and residue: A supported carbon having high surface area, high pore volume containing (i) molybdenum (ii) a metal of non noble Group VIII, (iii) phosphorous, is used for hydrometallization of heavy crude oil and residue. The catalyst contains about 6 to 15 wt % molybdenum as MoO3, about 1 to 6 wt... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20100224536 - Process and system for heating or cooling streams for a divided distillation column: One exemplary embodiment can be a system for separating a plurality of naphtha components. The system can include a column, an overhead condenser, and a side condenser. Generally, the column includes a dividing imperforate wall with one surface facing a feed and another surface facing at least one side stream.... Agent: Honeywell/uop Patent Services

20100219100 - Base oil slate prepared from a waxy feed: A base oil slate comprising three or more base oil grades having kinematic viscosities at 100° C. between about 1.8 cSt and about 30 cSt prepared from a waxy feed wherein each of the base oil grades is a base oil blend which comprises: (a) between about 0.1 wt. %... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100219101 - Process to make a light base oil fraction having low noack volatility: A process to make a light base oil fraction having a wt % Noack volatility between 0 and 100 and additionally less than a Noack Volatility Factor (NVF), wherein the Noack Volatility Factor is defined by the equation: 900×(Kinematic Viscosity at 100° C.)−2.8−15. The process comprises hydroisomerization dewaxing a waxy... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20100219102 - Process for producing gasoline base and gasoline: The production process of the invention comprises a first step of hydrodesulfurizing of catalytically-cracked gasoline so as to result in an olefin hydrogenation rate of no greater than 25 mol % in the catalytically-cracked gasoline, a total sulfur content of no greater than 20 ppm by weight based on the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20100219103 - Process for the purification of benzene feedstock containing contaminating sulfur compounds: The invention is directed to a process for the purification of benzene feedstock containing contaminating sulfur compounds, more in particular thiophenic sulfur compounds, said process comprising contacting the benzene feedstock in the presence of hydrogen with a sulfided nickel adsorbent, wherein in said adsorbent part of the nickel is present... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20100219104 - Integrated process for the conversion of feedstocks containing coal into liquid products: The present invention relates to an integrated process for the conversion of feedstocks containing coal into liquid products by jointly using at least the following seven process units: coal liquefaction, flash or distillation of the product obtained from the liquefaction, extraction with a solvent to remove the ashes, distillation to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100219106 - Constant specific gravity heat minimization: The determined volume ΔV of additional water per bulk volume Vt of oil sand ore to be processed is added to the oil sand ore, producing water-fluidized oil sand ore. The ore is then processed to concentrate the bitumen.... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Mcandrews Held & Malloy

20100219105 - Rf heating to reduce the use of supplemental water added in the recovery of unconventional oil: Equipment and a process for separating bitumen from oil sand in a process stream are disclosed. The equipment includes several processing vessels and one or more local area radio frequency applicators to selectively heat the process stream in local areas of the equipment. The local area can be adjacent to... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Mcandrews Held & Malloy

20100219108 - Carbon strand radio frequency heating susceptor: A method for heating materials by application of radio frequency (“RF”) energy is disclosed. For example, the disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for RF heating of petroleum ore, such as bitumen, oil sands, oil shale, tar sands, or heavy oil. Petroleum ore is mixed with a substance comprising mini-dipole... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Mcandrews Held & Malloy

20100219107 - Radio frequency heating of petroleum ore by particle susceptors: A method for heating materials by application of radio frequency (“RF”) energy is disclosed. For example, the disclosure concerns a method for RF heating of petroleum ore, such as bitumen, oil sands, oil shale, tar sands, or heavy oil. Petroleum ore is mixed with a substance comprising susceptor particles that... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Mcandrews Held & Malloy