Abstract:
A drill bit for abrasive jet drilling of wells having a plurality of nozzles extending through the bottom of the bit in position to discharge high velocity jet streams that erode a plurality of concentric grooves in the bottom of the borehole. Each of a plurality of generally sectorially shaped face plates of abrasive resistant material has a wedge extending over the full width of the face plate positioned to ride on the ridge on each side of a groove cut by the stream discharged from a nozzle in a different face plate.
Abstract:
ARYL HALIDES, SUCH AS CHOROXYLENE, ARE HYDROLYZED TO THE CORRESPONDING RING HYDROXYLATED ARYL COMPOUNDS, SUCH AS XYLENOL, BY CONTACTING THE ARYL HALIDES AND STREAM WITH A RARE EARTH METAL PHOSPHATE CATALYST, SUCH AS LANTHANUM PHOSPHATE, CERIUM PHOSPHATE AND NEODYMIUM PHOSPHATE. A METHOD OF PREPARING THE RARE EARTH METAL PHOSPHATE IS ALSO DISCLOSED. THE ADDITION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF COPPER GREATLY IMPROVES THE ACTIVITY OF THE RARE EARTH METAL PHOSPHATE OR YTTRIUM PHOSPHATE FOR THE HYDROLYSIS REACTION.
Abstract:
A GASOLINE IS PRODUCED BY ZEOLITIC RISER CRACKING OF A DISTILATE GAS OIL BOILING BELOW 1050*F. TOGETHER WITH AN AMOUNT LESS THAN 25 VOLUME PERCENT OF HYDRODESULFURIZED CRUDE OIL RESIDUE BOILING ABOVE 1050*F. THE PROPORTION IN THE GASOLINE OF THE CRACKED PRODUCTS OF THE HYDRODESULFURIZED RESIDUE OIL CONSTITUTING AN INCREASED VOLUMETRIC GASOLINE YIELD AND ELEVATING THE OCTANE VALUE OF THE LOWEST OCTANE 100*F. BOILING RANGE FRACTION OF THE CRACKED PRODUCTS IN THE GASOLINE DERIVED EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE DISTILLATE GAS OIL BOILING RANGE HYDROCARBONS.
Abstract:
N-BENZOYLCARBAMYLOXY-, CHLOROPHENYLCARBAMYLOXY- AND BROMOPHENYLCARBAMYLOXY- 3,5- DITERT. BUTYLBENZYLIDENEMALONITRILES ARE USEFUL IN COMBATING A VARIETY OF AGRICULTURAL MITES AND INSECT PESTS, INCLUDING TOBACCO BUDWORM, SOUTHERN ARMY WORM, FALL ARMY WORM, 2-SPOTTED MITE AND EUROPEAN CORN BORER. PARTICULARLY USEFUL AGAINST TOBACCO BUDWORM ARE THE 4- BROMO- 3- CHLOROPHENYLCARBAMYLOXY- AND THE 2,4- DICHLOROPHENYLCARBAMYLOXY COMPOUNDS. FOR CONTROL OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER THE NBENZOYLCARBAMYLOXY-, 4- BROMO -3- CHLOROPHENYLCARBAMYLOXY- AND THE 2,4-DICHLOROPHENYLCARBAMYLOXY- COMPOUNDS ARE PARTICULARLY USEFUL. FOR CONTROL OF FALL ARMY WORM THE N-BENZOYLCARBAMYLOXY-COMPOUND IS PREFERRED.
Abstract:
IN A PROCESS WHEREIN AN EXHAUST GAS FROM AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTAINING NITROGEN OXIDES AS IMPURITY IS TREATED WITH A NICKEL, COPPER OR IRON CATALYST UNDER REDUCING CONDITIONS AND THE NITROGEN OXIDES ARE CONVERTED TO NITROGEN AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF AMMONIA, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THE CATALYST ADDITIONALLY CONTAINS RETHENIUM, WITH THE RESULT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE NITROGEN OXIDES ARE CONVERTED TO NITROGEN AND LITTLE OR NO AMMONIA IS FORMED.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE HYDRODESULFURIZATION OF A CRUDE OIL OR A REDUCED CRUDE OIL CONTAINING THE ASPHALTENE FRACTION OF THE OIL COMPRISING PASSING SAID OIL AND HYDROGEN OVER A CATALYST COMPRISING SUPPORTED GROUP VI AND GROUP VIII METALS FOR A TOTAL THROUGHPUT OF AT LEAST 34 BARRELS OF OIL PER POUND OF CATALYST. THE PORE RADIUS OF THE CATALYST A WHICH ONE-HALF OF THE TOTAL PORE VOLUME IF FILLED WITH LIQUID NITROGEN IN A LIQUID NITROGEN DESORPTION ISOTHERM MEASUREMENT IS BETWEEN 58 AND 80 A. THE PORE RADIUS OF THE CATALYST AT WHICH ONE-HALF OF THE TOTAL PORE VOLUME ID FILLED WITH LIQUID NITROGEN IN THE PRECEDING ADSORPTION PORTION OF THE SAME ISOTHERM MEASUREMENT SI AT LEAST 15 A. HIGHER THAN SAID DESORPTION MEASUREMENT BUT NOT HIGHER THAN 114.6A.
Abstract:
AN OXIDATIVE SWEETENING PROCESS USING A CATALYST COMPRISING A COPPER SALT AND A GROUP VII IRON GROUP METAL SALT, PREFERABLY IRON. THE CATALYST CAN BE EITHER SUPPORTED OR UNSUPPORTED. THE UNSUPPORTED CATALYST CAN BE PREPARED BY PHYSICALLY ADMIXING AND PELLETIZING COPPER CHLORIDE AND FERRIC OXIDE OR IMPREGNATING GELATINOUS IRON OXIDE WITH A SOLUTION OF COPPER CHLORIDE.
Abstract:
UNWANTED VEGETATION IS COMBATED BY APPLICATION OF A CLASS OF PHENYLOXADIAZOLES WHICH POSSESS EITHER OR BOTH PRE- AND POST-EMERGENT PHYTOXICITY. THE HERBICIDES AS A CLASS ARE SEVERELY TOXIC TO A MINORITY OF PLANT SPECIES, MOST OF THE COMPOUNDS HAVING PRE-EMERGENT EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST CRABGRASS. SOME OF THE COMPOUNDS, AS FOR EXAMPLE, 2-(3'',4''-DICHLOROPHENYL)-5-METHYL-1,3,4-OXADIAZOLE, ARE PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR PRE-EMERGENT CONTROL OF WEEDS IN A STANDING CROP BECAUSE OF AN ALMOST TOTAL ABSENCE OF POST-EMERGENT PHYTOXICITY. A SMALL GROUP OF COMPOUNDS, SUCH AS 2-DIMETHYLAMINO-5-(2'',4''-DIMETHYLPHENYL)1,3,4-OXADIAZOLE ARE PREDOMINANTLY POSTEMERGENT HERBICIDES AND A NUMBER OF COMPOUNDS, AS FOR INSTANCE, 2-DIETHYLAMINO-5-P-TOLYL-1,3,4-OXADIAZOLE, HAVE BOTH PRE- AND POST-EMERGENT ACTIVITY AND ARE USEFUL IN COMBATING BOTH CRABGRASS AND BROADLEAF WEEDS IN FIELDS OF SMALL GRAINS AND IN BROME GRASS PASTURES.
Abstract:
COMPOUNDED LUBRICATING OILS HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES, INCLUDING VISCOSITY PROPERTIES, ARE OBTAINED BY THE USE OF HIGHER ALPHA-OLEFIN POLYMERS OF CONTROLLED MOLECULAR SIZE AND NARROW MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION. A SHEAR STABLE, MULTIVISCOSITY GRADE LUBRICATING OIL IS PRODUCED BY ADDING THE ALPHA-OLEFIN POLYMER TO A LUBRICATING OIL.
Abstract:
In fluid catalytic riser cracking of a gas oil with a zeolite catalyst the inclusion of controlled amounts of residual oil in the feed results in an improvement in octane value and/or improvement in the distribution of octane value of the gasoline product. The octane number improvement is further enhanced by hydrodesulfurizing the residual oil prior to charging to the FCC unit. However, residual oil is relatively difficult to vaporize and the extent of its vaporization will depend on the equilibrium flash vaporization temperature at the bottom or inlet of the riser. Therefore, the quantity of residual oil in the feed must be controlled in relation to the equilibrium temperature in order to, on the one hand, vaporize and crack a sufficient quantity of residual oil to obtain the octane improvement effect, while, on the other hand, keeping the quantity of residual oil which remains unvaporized below a specified level.