US4466883A
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Needle coke process and product
Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Co
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Filing: 1983-06-27
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Granted: 1984-08-21
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Expires: 2003-06-27
Abstract
Abstract A process for the production of an improved grade of needle coke employing as a feedstock selected proportions of a pyrolysis furnace oil together with a hydrodesulfurized blend of a clarified oil and a lubricating oil extract.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel B. Eickemeyer
- 👤 Maurice K. Rausch
- 👤 Gerald E. Tollefsen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 11:50
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10B; C10B55/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
In a process for the production of highly crystalline petroleum coke from a petroleum feedstock, wherein the petroleum feedstock is successively subjected to heat soaking in the presence of from about 20 to about 200 parts per million of added dissolved sulfur, thermal cracking, flashing to separate pitch as a residue from the pitch-free overhead stream, separating a heavy cokable residue from the pitch-free overhead stream, and subjecting the heavy cokable residue to delayed coking, the improvement wherein there is utilized as petroleum feedstock a blend comprising from about 30 to about 60 weight percent of a pyrolysis furnace oil and from about 40 to about 70 weight percent of a hydrotreated mixture comprising from about 30 to 70 volume percent of clarified catalytically cracked oil and from about 30 to 70 volume percent solvent refined lubricating oil extract.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
In a process for the production of highly crystalline petroleum coke from a petroleum feedstock, wherein the petroleum feedstock is successively subjected to heat soaking in the presence of from about 20 to about 200 parts per million of added dissolved sulfur, thermal cracking, flashing to separate pitch as a residue from the pitch-free overhead stream, separating a heavy cokable residue from the pitch-free overhead stream, and subjecting the heavy cokable residue to delayed coking, the improvement wherein there is utilized as petroleum feedstock a blend comprising from about 30 to about 60 weight percent of a pyrolysis furnace oil and from about 40 to about 70 weight percent of a hydrotreated mixture comprising from about 30 to 70 volume percent of clarified catalytically cracked oil and from about 30 to 70 volume percent solvent refined lubricating oil extract.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the petroleum feedstock is subjected to heat soaking at a temperature of at least about 450° F. for at least about 5 minutes in the presence of from about 20 to about 200 parts per million of added dissolved sulfur, and thereafter to thermal cracking at temperatures ranging up to about 1,000° F.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the hydrotreated mixture comprises from about 50 to about 65 volume percent clarified catalytically cracked oil and from about 35 to about 50 volume percent solvent refined lubricating oil extract.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the petroleum feedstock blend comprises from about 40 to about 50 weight percent of a pyrolysis furnace oil and from about 50 to about 60 weight percent of a hydrotreated mixture of clarified catalytically cracked oil and solvent refined lubricating oil extract.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the pyrolysis furnace oil is derived from an ethylene production process.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
82 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the mixture of clarified catalytically cracked oil and solvent refined lubricating oil extract is hydrotreated by passage over a hydrotreating catalyst at a process temperature within the range from about 550° to about 750° F., a reaction pressure within the range from about 500 to about 2500 psig, a liquid hourly space velocity within the range from about 0.2 to about 20, and a hydrogen-to-feed ratio within the range from about 500 to about 3500 scf/b.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the process temperature is within the range from about 600° to about 725° F.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the reaction pressure is within the range from about 500 to about 1500 psig.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the liquid hourly space velocity is within the range from about 0.5 to about 15.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the hydrogen-to-feed ratio is within the range from about 1500 to about 2500 scf/b.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the hydrotreating catalyst comprises from about 1 to about 10 weight percent of an iron group metal, and from about 5 to about 30 weight percent of a Group VI-B metal, disposed upon an activated alumina.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 11 wherein the iron group metal is selected from the class consisting of cobalt, nickel and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 11 wherein the Group VI-B metal is selected from the class consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, chromium and mixtures thereof.
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