公开(公告)号：US20180237705A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15958639

申请日：2018-04-20

申请人： MEG ENERGY CORP.

发明人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  JIM KEARNS ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

IPC分类号： C10G21/28 ,  B01D11/04 ,  C10G21/30 ,  C10G21/00

CPC分类号： C10G21/28 ,  B01D11/0446 ,  B01D11/0473 ,  B01D11/0484 ,  B01D11/0488 ,  C10G21/003 ,  C10G21/30

摘要： An apparatus and process is provided for improved asphaltene separation from heavy hydrocarbon or bitumen with low process complexity through mass transfer using solvent and counter-current flows, with three sections: an upper DAO/solid-asphaltene separation zone, a middle solvent mixing and segregation zone, and a bottom clarification zone. Solvent mixed with heavy hydrocarbon forms a process feed introduced to the process vessel's upper zone and exposed to counter-current solvent removing DAO from solid asphaltene particles in the feed, the particles fall through the middle zone and are mixed with introduced solvent, which introduced solvent segregates DAO-rich solution in the upper zone (for extraction from that zone) from solvent-rich mixtures in the middle mixing and lower clarification zones. Solvent flows and precipitate movement are controlled to optimize mass transfer in process, resulting in high DAO recovery and dry, solid asphaltene product.

公开(公告)号：US20160040079A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-11

申请号：US14806387

申请日：2015-07-22

申请人： MEG ENERGY CORP.

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： 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.

公开(公告)号：US20150361348A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-17

申请号：US14834764

申请日：2015-08-25

申请人： MEG ENERGY CORP.

发明人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT ,  JIM KEARNS

IPC分类号： C10G1/00 ,  C10G21/00

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.

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：US20170029721A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-02

申请号：US15276224

申请日：2016-09-26

申请人： MEG ENERGY CORP.

发明人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  JIM KEARNS ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

IPC分类号： 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 vapour. The stream of vapour is separated into two further streams: of non-condensable vapour, 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：US20160046879A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-18

申请号：US14921082

申请日：2015-10-23

申请人： MEG ENERGY CORP.

发明人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT ,  JIM KEARNS

IPC分类号： C10G55/04 ,  C10G1/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20140246357A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-04

申请号：US14188547

申请日：2014-02-24

申请人： MEG ENERGY CORP.

发明人： TOM CORSCADDEN ,  JIM KEARNS ,  GREG DIDUCH ,  DAMIEN HOCKING ,  DARIUS REMESAT

IPC分类号： C10G21/28

CPC分类号： C10G21/28 ,  B01D11/0446 ,  B01D11/0473 ,  B01D11/0484 ,  B01D11/0488 ,  C10G21/003 ,  C10G21/30

摘要： An apparatus and process is provided for improved asphaltene separation from heavy hydrocarbon or bitumen with low process complexity through mass transfer using solvent and counter-current flows, with three sections: an upper DAO/solid-asphaltene separation zone, a middle solvent mixing and segregation zone, and a bottom clarification zone. Solvent mixed with heavy hydrocarbon forms a process feed introduced to the process vessel's upper zone and exposed to counter-current solvent removing DAO from solid asphaltene particles in the feed, the particles fall through the middle zone and are mixed with introduced solvent, which introduced solvent segregates DAO-rich solution in the upper zone (for extraction from that zone) from solvent-rich mixtures in the middle mixing and lower clarification zones. Solvent flows and precipitate movement are controlled to optimize mass transfer in process, resulting in high DAO recovery and dry, solid asphaltene product.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种装置和方法，用于通过使用溶剂和逆流流动的质量传递来改进与重质烃或沥青的重质烃或沥青的沥青质分离，其具有三个部分：上部DAO /固体沥青质分离区，中间溶剂混合和分离 区域和底部澄清区域。 与重质烃混合的溶剂形成加工过程容器上部区域的工艺进料，暴露于进料中的固体沥青质颗粒中脱除DAO的逆流溶剂，颗粒通过中间区域并与引入的溶剂混合，引入溶剂 在上部区域（用于从该区域提取）从中混合和下层澄清区中的富含溶剂的混合物中分离出DAO富溶液。 控制溶剂流和沉淀物运动以优化过程中的质量传递，导致高DAO回收率和干燥的固体沥青质产物。