Integrated process for coking, agglomerating and calcining hydrocarbon oil

Claim 1

AN INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR PREPARING RELATIVELY LARGE, DENSE, COKE COMPACTIONS WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF COKING A HEAVY HYDROCARBON OIL BY CONTACTING THE OIL COKING CHARGE STOCK AT A COKING TEMPERATURE WITH A BODY OF COKE PARTICLES MAINTAINED IN THE FORM OF A DENSE, TURBULENT, FLUIDIZED BED IN A REACTION ZONE WHEREIN THE OIL IS CONVERTED TO PRODUCT VAPORS AND CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS ARE CONTINUOUSLY DEPOSITED ON THE COKE PARTICLES; REMOVING PRODUCT VAPORS FROM THE REACTION ZONE; CIRCULATING THE COKE PARTICLES THROUGH AN EXTRANEOUS HEATING ZONE WHEREIN A PORTION OF THEM ARE HEATED AND BACK TO THE REACTION ZONE TO SUPPLY HEAT THERETO; WITHDRAWING COKE PARTICLES FROM THE REACTION ZONE TO A MIXING ZONE WHEREIN THEY ARE ADMIXED WITH AN AGGLUTINANT AT A LOWER TEMPERATURE THAN THE COKING TEMPERATURE AND ONE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 750* TO 950* F., THE RESULTING SYSTEM BEING MAINTAINED IN THE FORM OF A DENSE, TURBULENT, FLUDIZIED BED; WITHDRAWING RESULTANT COKE AGGLOMERATES WHICH SETTLE THROUGH THE DENSE, TURBULENT, FLUIDIZED BED FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE MIXING ZONE AND PROMPTLY COMPACTING THE AGGLOMERATES IN A COMPACTING ZONES.