公开(公告)号：US09200211B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-01

申请号：US13351767

申请日：2012-01-17

申请人： Tom Corscadden ,  Greg Diduch ,  Damien Hocking ,  Darius Remesat ,  Jim Kearns

发明人： Tom Corscadden ,  Greg Diduch ,  Damien Hocking ,  Darius Remesat ,  Jim Kearns

IPC分类号： C10G21/00 ,  C10G55/04

CPC分类号： C10G55/04 ,  B01J2219/00006 ,  C10G1/002 ,  C10G21/003

摘要： A process for producing pipeline-ready or refinery-ready feedstock from heavy hydrocarbons using a high-performance solvent extraction process with high local solvent-to-process fluid ratios yet maintaining low overall solvent-to-process fluid ratios, by first performing mild thermal cracking on the heavy hydrocarbons and then separating asphaltene-rich fractions from a resulting thermally affected fluid so that the high solvent-to-oil ratio portion of the process acts only on those asphaltene-rich fractions, and producing a dry, solid asphaltene as an end-product.

摘要翻译： 使用具有高局部溶剂 - 工艺流体比例的高性能溶剂萃取方法从重质烃生产管道预备或炼油厂原料的方法，同时通过首先进行温和热处理保持较低的总体溶剂 - 工艺流体比例 对重质烃进行开裂，然后从产生的热影响的流体中分离富含沥青质的馏分，使得该方法的高溶剂/油比部分仅作用于那些富含沥青质的馏分，并产生干燥的固体沥青质作为 成品。

公开(公告)号：US20130180888A1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-18

申请号：US13351767

申请日：2012-01-17

申请人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  GERALD BRUCE ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

发明人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  GERALD BRUCE ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

IPC分类号： C10C3/00 ,  B01J10/00 ,  C10C3/06

CPC分类号： C10G55/04 ,  B01J2219/00006 ,  C10G1/002 ,  C10G21/003

摘要： A process for producing pipeline-ready or refinery-ready feedstock from heavy hydrocarbons using a high-performance solvent extraction process with high local solvent-to-process fluid ratios yet maintaining low overall solvent-to-process fluid ratios, by first performing mild thermal cracking on the heavy hydrocarbons and then separating asphaltene-rich fractions from a resulting thermally affected fluid so that the high solvent-to-oil ratio portion of the process acts only on those asphaltene-rich fractions, and producing a dry, solid asphaltene as an end-product.

摘要翻译： 使用具有高局部溶剂 - 工艺流体比例的高性能溶剂萃取方法从重质烃生产管道预备或炼油厂原料的方法，同时通过首先进行温和热处理保持较低的总体溶剂 - 工艺流体比例 对重质烃进行开裂，然后从产生的热影响的流体中分离富含沥青质的馏分，使得该方法的高溶剂/油比部分仅作用于那些富含沥青质的馏分，并产生干燥的固体沥青质作为 成品。

公开(公告)号：US20130081325A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-04

申请号：US13250935

申请日：2011-09-30

申请人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  GERALD BRUCE ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

发明人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  GERALD BRUCE ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

IPC分类号： C10L7/00 ,  C10G27/00 ,  C10C3/08 ,  C10C3/00

CPC分类号： C10G1/002 ,  C10G21/003 ,  C10G67/049

摘要： The present invention relates to a method of improving a heavy hydrocarbon, such as bitumen, to a lighter more fluid product and, more specifically, to a final hydrocarbon product that is refinery-ready and meets pipeline transport criteria without the addition of diluent. A solid asphaltene by-product is created for easy handling and further processing. The invention is targeted to enhance Canadian bitumen, but has general application in improving any heavy hydrocarbon.

公开(公告)号：US09481835B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-01

申请号：US13037185

申请日：2011-02-28

申请人： Tom Corscadden ,  Jim Kearns ,  Greg Diduch ,  Damien Hocking ,  Darius Remesat

发明人： Tom Corscadden ,  Jim Kearns ,  Greg Diduch ,  Damien Hocking ,  Darius Remesat

IPC分类号： C10G53/04 ,  C10G21/00 ,  C10G55/04

CPC分类号： C10G55/04 ,  C10G21/003 ,  C10G53/04 ,  C10G2300/1033

摘要： The invention provides improved apparatus and method for producing a pipeline-ready or refinery-ready feedstock from heavy, high asphaltene crude, comprising a pre-heater for pre-heating a process fluid to a design temperature at or near the operating temperature of a reactor; moving the process fluid into the reactor for conversion of the process fluid by controlled application of heat to the process fluid in the reactor so that the process fluid maintains a substantially homogenous temperature to produce a stream of thermally affected asphaltene-rich fractions, and a stream of vapor. The stream of vapor is separated into two further streams: of non-condensable vapor, and of light liquid hydrocarbons. The thermally affected asphaltene-rich fraction is deasphalted using a solvent extraction process into streams of heavy deasphalted oil liquid, and concentrated asphaltene, respectively. The deasphalted oil liquid and the light liquid hydrocarbons produced are blended to form a pipeline or refinery-ready feedstock.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了用于从重质高沥青质原油生产管道预备或炼油厂准备原料的改进的装置和方法，包括用于将过程流体预加热至反应器的操作温度或其附近的设计温度的预热器 ; 将工艺流体移动到反应器中，以通过将反应器中的过程流体受控地施加热来转化工艺流体，使得工艺流体保持基本均匀的温度以产生热影响的沥青质富集部分流，以及流 的蒸汽。 蒸汽流被分离成另外两个流：不可冷凝的蒸汽和轻质液体烃。 使用溶剂萃取方法将受热影响的含沥青烯馏分脱沥青分别转化成重型脱沥青油液体和浓缩沥青质。 将脱沥青油液体和所生产的轻质液体烃混合以形成管道或炼油厂原料。

公开(公告)号：US09150794B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-06

申请号：US13250935

申请日：2011-09-30

申请人： Tom Corscadden ,  Greg Diduch ,  Damien Hocking ,  Darius Remesat ,  Jim Kearns

发明人： Tom Corscadden ,  Greg Diduch ,  Damien Hocking ,  Darius Remesat ,  Jim Kearns

IPC分类号： C10G27/00 ,  C10C3/00 ,  C10L7/00 ,  C10G21/00 ,  C10G67/04

CPC分类号： C10G1/002 ,  C10G21/003 ,  C10G67/049

摘要： The present invention relates to a method of improving a heavy hydrocarbon, such as bitumen, to a lighter more fluid product and, more specifically, to a final hydrocarbon product that is refinery-ready and meets pipeline transport criteria without the addition of diluent. A solid asphaltene by-product is created for easy handling and further processing. The invention is targeted to enhance Canadian bitumen, but has general application in improving any heavy hydrocarbon.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及将重质烃如沥青改进为更轻的更流体的产品，更具体地说，涉及在不添加稀释剂的情况下，炼油厂准备好并符合管道运输标准的最终烃产品。 产生固体沥青质副产物以便于处理和进一步加工。 本发明的目标是加强加拿大沥青，但在改进任何重质烃方面具有普遍的应用。

公开(公告)号：US20130098735A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-25

申请号：US13566493

申请日：2012-08-03

申请人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  GERALD BRUCE ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

发明人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  GERALD BRUCE ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

IPC分类号： B01D11/04 ,  C10G57/00 ,  C10C3/16

CPC分类号： C10G21/003 ,  C10G9/00 ,  C10G55/04 ,  C10G2300/206 ,  C10G2300/4056 ,  C10G2300/44

摘要： Improvements to open-art Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) processes have been developed to reduce capital and operating costs for processing hydrocarbon streams are provided whereby open art SDA scheme is modified to include appropriately placed mixing-enabled precipitators (MEP's) to reduce solvent use requirements in an asphaltene separation step and to increase overall reliability for SDA processes, particularly suitable for Canadian Bitumen. When integrated with a mild thermal cracker, the improved SDA configuration further improves crude yield to be pipeline-ready without additional diluent and for use to debottleneck existing facilities such as residue hydrocrackers and coking units.

摘要翻译： 已经开发了开放式溶剂脱沥青（SDA）工艺的改进，以减少加工烃流的资本和运营成本，因为开放式SDA方案被修改为包括适当放置的混合使能除尘器（MEP）以减少溶剂使用要求 沥青质分离步骤，并提高SDA工艺的整体可靠性，特别适用于加拿大沥青。 当与温和的热裂解装置相结合时，改进的SDA配置进一步提高粗产量，以便在没有附加稀释剂的情况下进行管线准备，并用于对现有设施（如渣油加氢裂化器和焦化装置）进行脱瓶。