Method of processing mineral oils with alkali metals or their compounds

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PROCESSING MINERAL OILS WHICH COMPRISES: COMMINGLING SAID OIL WTH A SUBSTANCE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METALS, ALKALI METAL BONATES AS A REMETAL HYDROXIDES, AND ALKALI METAL CARBONATES AS A RE-CYCLE OIL SLURRY, DISTILLING SAID MIXTURE TO AN END POINT APPROXIMATELY 800*F. FOR THE DISTILLATE AND COLLECTING THE DISTILLATE, HEATING THE RESIDUUM FROM SUCH DISTILLATION UNTIL A COKE RESIDUE IS OBTAINED AND COLLECTING THE DISTILLATE PRODUCED, DIVIDING SAID COKED RESIDUE INTOI TWO PARTS, FURNACING ONE PART AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 1700*F. AND 2500*F. WHILE TRAVERSED BY A CURRENT OF NITROGEN UNTIL THE CONTAINED ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COINVERTED TO ALKALI METAL CYANIDE, LEACHING THE PRODUCT THUS OBTAINED WITH WATER, PASSING GAS CONTAINING CARBON DIOXIDE THROUGH THE SOLUTION THUS OBTAINED UNTIL CONVERSION FROM ALKALI METAL CYANIDE TO ALKALI METAL CARBONATE, WITH ATTENDANT EVOLUTION OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE, IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, DEHYDRATING THE RESULTANT ALKALI METAL CARBONATE, MILLING IT IN A PORTION OF THE DISTILLATE PRODUCED IN THE COKING STEP TO FORM A SLURRY AND RE-CYCLING SAID SLURRY BY COMMINGLING IT WITH FRESH CHARGING STOCK TO UNDERGO THE INITIAL DISTILLATION, FURNACING THE REMAINDER OF THE COKE PRODUCED IN THE COKING STEP AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN A LOW OF 1700* F. AND A HIGH OF 2500*F. WHILE TRAVERSED BY A CURRENT OF HYDROGEN GAS UNTIL THE EVOLUTION OF ALKALI METAL VAPOR IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, SCRUBBING THE GASES PRODUCED IN SAID FURNACING WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE DISTILLATE OBTAINED IN THE COKING STEP, NOT EMPLOYED IN THE BEFORE MENTIONED MILLING STEP, THUS OBTAINING A SLURRY OF OIL, ALKALI METAL AND ITS ALKALI-CARBON MONOXIDE COMPOUNDS, AND RECYCLING SAID SLURRY TO FRESH CHARGING STOCK TO UNDERGO THE INITIAL DISTILLATION.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PROCESSING MINERAL OILS WHICH COMPRISES: COMMINGLING SAID OIL WTH A SUBSTANCE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METALS, ALKALI METAL BONATES AS A REMETAL HYDROXIDES, AND ALKALI METAL CARBONATES AS A RE-CYCLE OIL SLURRY, DISTILLING SAID MIXTURE TO AN END POINT APPROXIMATELY 800*F. FOR THE DISTILLATE AND COLLECTING THE DISTILLATE, HEATING THE RESIDUUM FROM SUCH DISTILLATION UNTIL A COKE RESIDUE IS OBTAINED AND COLLECTING THE DISTILLATE PRODUCED, DIVIDING SAID COKED RESIDUE INTOI TWO PARTS, FURNACING ONE PART AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 1700*F. AND 2500*F. WHILE TRAVERSED BY A CURRENT OF NITROGEN UNTIL THE CONTAINED ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COINVERTED TO ALKALI METAL CYANIDE, LEACHING THE PRODUCT THUS OBTAINED WITH WATER, PASSING GAS CONTAINING CARBON DIOXIDE THROUGH THE SOLUTION THUS OBTAINED UNTIL CONVERSION FROM ALKALI METAL CYANIDE TO ALKALI METAL CARBONATE, WITH ATTENDANT EVOLUTION OF HYDROGEN CYANIDE, IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, DEHYDRATING THE RESULTANT ALKALI METAL CARBONATE, MILLING IT IN A PORTION OF THE DISTILLATE PRODUCED IN THE COKING STEP TO FORM A SLURRY AND RE-CYCLING SAID SLURRY BY COMMINGLING IT WITH FRESH CHARGING STOCK TO UNDERGO THE INITIAL DISTILLATION, FURNACING THE REMAINDER OF THE COKE PRODUCED IN THE COKING STEP AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN A LOW OF 1700* F. AND A HIGH OF 2500*F. WHILE TRAVERSED BY A CURRENT OF HYDROGEN GAS UNTIL THE EVOLUTION OF ALKALI METAL VAPOR IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE, SCRUBBING THE GASES PRODUCED IN SAID FURNACING WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE DISTILLATE OBTAINED IN THE COKING STEP, NOT EMPLOYED IN THE BEFORE MENTIONED MILLING STEP, THUS OBTAINING A SLURRY OF OIL, ALKALI METAL AND ITS ALKALI-CARBON MONOXIDE COMPOUNDS, AND RECYCLING SAID SLURRY TO FRESH CHARGING STOCK TO UNDERGO THE INITIAL DISTILLATION.