Stacked zone vertical tubular reactor

    公开(公告)号:US10434484B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US16369695

    申请日:2019-03-29

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: A stacked zone vertical tubular reactor for conducting an exothermic reaction. The reactor may comprise two or more stacked catalyst zones in each reactor tube. Each reactor tube may contain internal feed and discharge tubes, transition zones comprising a catalyst support plate and a zone separator plate, and a heat transfer element located in each catalyst zone.

    Three phase reactor
    5.
    发明授权
    Three phase reactor 有权
    三相反应器

    公开(公告)号:US08894939B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-25

    申请号:US13211078

    申请日:2011-08-16

    Abstract: A reactor for carrying out a chemical reaction in a three phase slurry system providing a horizontal reaction vessel with a cross sectional area which is dependent on the vessel length, vessel diameter, and axial position. The vessel has a gas inlet at or near the bottom of the reaction vessel and a gas distributor. The gas product exits the vessel by conduit means at or near the top of the reaction vessel. The vessel includes a plurality of horizontal cooling coils to provide a cooling medium to the slurry. In the reaction vessel, the synthesis gas has an average linear velocity which is a function of the vessel cross sectional area.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于在三相浆料系统中进行化学反应的反应器,其提供具有取决于容器长度,容器直径和轴向位置的横截面积的水平反应容器。 容器在反应容器底部或附近具有气体入口和气体分配器。 气体产物通过在反应容器顶部或附近的导管装置离开容器。 容器包括多个水平冷却盘管,以向浆料提供冷却介质。 在反应容器中,合成气具有作为血管横截面积的函数的平均线速度。

    Method for the production of synthetic jet fuel

    公开(公告)号:US11685869B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-27

    申请号:US17492324

    申请日:2021-10-01

    Abstract: A method to produce a fuel product such as jet fuel, diesel or single battlefield fuel from a Fischer Tropsch syncrude comprising the steps of: 1) Separating the HFTL product from the reactor effluent gasses at reactor temperature and partially cooling the reactor effluent gas before transferring it to the enhanced hot separator; 2) enhancing the hot separator downstream of the Fischer Tropsch reactor with trays or packing and also adding reflux of the LFTL product, to improve separation efficiency and substantially reduce the C16+ portion of the hydrocarbons in the LFTL product; 3) combining the HFTL and MFTL product to from a combined HFTL product and further processing the combined HFTL in a hydroprocessing reactor that has a stacked bed with a layer of hydrocracking catalyst to crack the waxy C20+ hydrocarbons and a layer of hydroisomerization catalyst to isomerize the light fraction to increase the iso to n-paraffin ratio of the hydroprocessed product; 4) the LFTL product that is not recycled to the hot separator as reflux, bypasses the hydroprocessing reactor and is blended with the hydroprocessed product before distillation; and 5) the combined raw LFTL product and the hydroprocessed product is distilled to make naphtha, a fuel product, and a baseoil product. The method may be modified to make a single fuel product, preferably a jet fuel product.

    Integrated GTL process
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11220473B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-11

    申请号:US17179924

    申请日:2021-02-19

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: An integrated process for converting light hydrocarbon gases into products. Pre-packaged equipment such as a gas turbine and process compressors may be used to efficiently integrate the process. The gas turbine may provide all or a portion of the oxygen required in the process as compressed air. The turbine may be configured with a gradual oxidizer that can oxidize the process tail gas and drive the turbine, providing power for the process.

    HEAT TRANSFER ELEMENTS
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220234017A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17159949

    申请日:2021-01-27

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: A method for enhancing the heat transfer performance of a vertical tubular reactor by adding heat transfer elements inside the reactor tubes. Such heat transfer elements have two or more substantially curved legs of equal length with no cross fins, each with a foot that engages the inside wall of the tube, and can optionally have two or more substantially curved sub-legs that do not engage the wall of the tube.

    Production of basestocks from paraffinic hydrocarbons

    公开(公告)号:US10815165B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US15991379

    申请日:2018-05-29

    Inventor: Kenneth L. Agee

    Abstract: A process to convert paraffinic feedstocks into renewable poly-alpha-olefins (PAO) basestocks. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, renewable feed comprising triglycerides and/or free fatty acids are hydrotreated producing an intermediate paraffin feedstock. This paraffin feedstock is thermally cracked into a mixture of olefins and paraffins comprising linear alpha olefins. The olefins are separated and the un-reacted paraffins are recycled to the thermal cracker. Light olefins preferably are oligomerized with a surface deactivated zeolite producing a mixture of slightly branched oligomers comprising internal olefins. The heavier olefins (C8-C14) are oligomerized, preferably with a BF3 catalyst and co-catalyst to produce PAO products. The oligomerized products can be hydrotreated and distilled together or separate to produce finished products that include naphtha, distillate, solvents, drilling fluid, and PAO lube basestocks.

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