Hydroconversion of hydrocarbons

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE HYDROCONVERSION OF A HYDROCARBON OIL FEEDSTOCK HAVING A CONDRADSON CARBON RESIDUE OF AT LEAST 1.0% BY WT. WHICH COMPRISES PASSING AN INTIMATE MIXTURE OF SAID OIL AND HYDROGEN SAID MIXTURE CONTAINING AT LEAST 5,000 STANDARD CU. FT. OF HYDROGEN PER BARREL OF OIL AS A CONFINED STREAM THROUGH AN ELONGATED REACTION ZONE UNDER CONDITIONS OF TURBULENT FLOW AT A TEMPERARURE BETWEEN ABOUT 700 AND 900*F. AND A PRESSURE NOT LESS THAN 1,000 P.S.I.G. AND NOT GREATER THAN ABOUT 5,000 P.S.I.G., SEPARATING THE EACTION ZONE EFFLUENT COMPRISING HYDROGEN, VAPOROUS HYDROCARBONS AND LIQUID HYDROCARBONS INTO A GASIFORM PORTION COMPRISING HYDROGEN AND VAPOROUS HYDROCARBONS AND A LIQUID PORTION COMPRISING UNVAPORIZED HYDROCARBONS, CONTACTING SAID LIQUID PORTION IN A NON-CATALYTIC CONTACTING ZONE WITH A HYDROGEN STREAM SEPARATELY HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 800 AND 900*F. AND AMOUNTING TO AT LAST 20% BY VOLUME OF THE TOTAL HYDROGEN SUPPLY BUT NOT LESS THAN 5,000 CU. FT. PER BARREL, THE TOTAL HYDROGEN SUPPLY AMOUNTING TO BETWEEN 10,000 AND 100,000 STANDARD CU. FT. PER BARREL, OF OIL CHARGED TO THE REACTION ZONE, THEREBY PRODUCING ADDITIONAL VAPOROUS HYDROCARBONS IN SAID CONTACTING ZONE, REMOVING UNREACTED HYDROGEN AND VAPOROUS HYDROCARBONS