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Partial oxidation process
Assignee: Texaco Inc
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Filing: 1985-11-04
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Granted: 1987-11-10
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Expires: 2005-11-04
Abstract
Abstract An ash fusion temperature increasing agent principally comprising a silicon and/or titanium compound, such as SiO 2 and/or TiO 2 is mixed with an ash-containing fuel comprising a pumpable liquid hydrocarbonaceous material and/or petroleum coke to produce Mixture A. In one embodiment, the ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprises about 55-100 wt. % of silicon compound selected from the group consisting of fine silica or quartz, volcanic ash, and mixtures thereof; and the remainder, if any, of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprises a member of the group consisting of aluminum compound such as Al 2 O 3 , magnesium compound such as MgO, and mixtures thereof. Mixture A is reacted with a free-oxygen containing gas in a free-flow refractory lined reaction zone of a partial oxidation gas generator. A hot raw effluent gas stream comprising H 2 +CO along with fly-ash having an increased initial deformation temperature are produced at a higher temperature. Alternatively, Mixture A may be first introduced into a coking zone and converted into petroleum coke in which the ash fusion temperature increasing agent is dispersed throughout. The petroleum coke entrained in a liquid or gaseous carrier is then introduced into the partial oxidation gas generator where a hot raw effluent gas stream comprising H 2 +CO is produced along with fly-ash having an increased ash fusion temperature. The fly-ash is readily separated from the effluent gas stream; and, the gas generator may be operated in the fly-ash mode at a higher temperature, thereby yielding higher carbon conversions while extending the life of the refractory lined reaction zone.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitri S. Najjar
- 👤 Richard V. Kessler
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-05 09:34
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B3/00; C01B3/02; C01B3/32; C01B3/34; C01B3/36; C10; C10J; C10J3/00; C10J3/02; C10J3/06; C10J3/08; C10J3/46; C10J3/463; C10J3/466; C10J3/58; C10J3/60; C10J3/62; C10J3/64; C10J3/66; C10J2300/00; C10J2300/09; C10J2300/0983; C10J2300/16; C10J2300/1625; C10J2300/1628; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S48/00; Y10S48/07
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A process for the production of gaseous mixtures comprising H 2 +CO comprising: (1) mixing together (i) an ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprising a comminuted material selected from the group consisting of silicon compound, titanium compound, and mixtures thereof with (ii) and ash-containing fuel feedstock comprising a liquid hydrocarbonaceous material and/or ash-containing petroleum coke, wherein the ash in said feedstock includes vanadium, and wherein the weight ratio of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent to the ash in said ash-containing fuel is in the range of about 0.5 to 10; (2) reacting said mixture from step (1) in a free-flow partial oxidation reaction zone at a temperature in the range of about 2100° F. to 2700° F. and a pressure in the range of about 1 to 200 atmospheres with a free-oxygen containing gas in the presence of a temperature moderator to produce a hot raw effluent gas stream comprising H 2 +CO along with fly-ash having an increased initial deformation temperature; and (3) separating said fly-ash from said hot raw effluent gas stream.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A process for the production of gaseous mixtures comprising H 2 +CO comprising: (1) mixing together (i) an ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprising a comminuted material selected from the group consisting of silicon compound, titanium compound, and mixtures thereof with (ii) and ash-containing fuel feedstock comprising a liquid hydrocarbonaceous material and/or ash-containing petroleum coke, wherein the ash in said feedstock includes vanadium, and wherein the weight ratio of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent to the ash in said ash-containing fuel is in the range of about 0.5 to 10; (2) reacting said mixture from step (1) in a free-flow partial oxidation reaction zone at a temperature in the range of about 2100° F. to 2700° F. and a pressure in the range of about 1 to 200 atmospheres with a free-oxygen containing gas in the presence of a temperature moderator to produce a hot raw effluent gas stream comprising H 2 +CO along with fly-ash having an increased initial deformation temperature; and (3) separating said fly-ash from said hot raw effluent gas stream.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said ash fusing temperature increasing agent comprises a compound of silicon and a compound of titanium and said silicon compound in SiO 2 and said titanium compound in TiO 2 .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprises at least one silicon compound selected from the group consisting of fine silica or quartz, volcanic ash, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprises about 55 to 100 wt. % of said material selected from the group consisting of silicon compound, titanium compound, and mixtures thereof and any remainder of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent, is a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum compound, magnesium compound, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
The process of claim 4 wherein said remainder of ash fusing temperature increasing agent is an aluminum compound which comprises aluminum in combination with a member selected from the group consisting of oxide, acetate, hydroxide, naphthenate, sulfate, siicate, nitrate, and mixtures thereof; and a magnesium compound, said magnesium compound comprises magnesium in combination with a member selected from the group consisting of oxide, acetate, aluminate, carbonate, nitrate, oxalate, phosphate, sulfide, sulfate, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the mixture of ash fusion temperature increasing agent and ash-containing fuel from step (1) is introduced into the free-flow partial oxidation zone in step (2) as a pumpable slurry including water or liquid hydrocarbonaceous fuel or mixtures thereof,
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein in step (1) said ash-fusion temperature increasing agent is introduced into the feed to a vacuum distillation unit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said ash-containing liquid hydrocarbonaceous material is selected from the group consisting of virgin crude, reduced crude, residual fuel oil, decanted oil from a catalytic cracker, heavy fuel oil slurry, heavy gas oils, asphalt, tar sands bitumen, shale oil, coal derived oil, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
47 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the mixture of materials from step (1) has a particle size such that substantially all of the material passes through a sieve of the size in the range of ASTM E-11 Standard Sieve Designation 425 μm to 38 μm, or below.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
200 words
A process for the production of gaseous mixtures comprising H 2 +CO comprising: (1) disseminating a comminuted petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprising a comminuted material selected from the group consisting of silicon compound, titanium compound and mixtures thereof into an ash-containing fuel feedstock comprising a heavy liquid hydrocarbonaceous material so that the weight ratio of said petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent to ash in said ash-containing fuel is in the range of about 0.5 to 10.0, and wherein the ash in said feedstock includes vanadium; (2) coking said mixture of petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent and ash-containing heavy liquid hydrocarbonaceous material from step (1) to produce petroleum coke containing dispersed therein said petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent; and (3) reacting said petroleum coke from step (2) in a free-flow partial oxidation reaction zone at a temperature in the range of about 2100° F. to 2700° F. and a pressure in the range of about 1 to 200 atmospheres with a free-oxygen containing gas in the presence of a temperature moderator to produce a hot raw effluent gas stream comprising H 2 +CO along with fly-ash having an increased initial deformation temperature.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
200 words
A process for the production of gaseous mixtures comprising H 2 +CO comprising: (1) disseminating a comminuted petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprising a comminuted material selected from the group consisting of silicon compound, titanium compound and mixtures thereof into an ash-containing fuel feedstock comprising a heavy liquid hydrocarbonaceous material so that the weight ratio of said petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent to ash in said ash-containing fuel is in the range of about 0.5 to 10.0, and wherein the ash in said feedstock includes vanadium; (2) coking said mixture of petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent and ash-containing heavy liquid hydrocarbonaceous material from step (1) to produce petroleum coke containing dispersed therein said petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent; and (3) reacting said petroleum coke from step (2) in a free-flow partial oxidation reaction zone at a temperature in the range of about 2100° F. to 2700° F. and a pressure in the range of about 1 to 200 atmospheres with a free-oxygen containing gas in the presence of a temperature moderator to produce a hot raw effluent gas stream comprising H 2 +CO along with fly-ash having an increased initial deformation temperature.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said ash fusing temperature increasing agent comprises a compound of silicon and a compound of titanium and said silicon compound is SiO 2 and said titanium compound is TiO 2 .
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
61 words
The process of claim 10 wherein the ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprises about 55 to 100 wt. % of said material selected from the group consisting of silicon compound, titanium compound, and mixtures thereof and any remainder of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent is a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum compound, magnesium compound, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
74 words
The process of claim 12 wherein said remainder of ash fusing temperature increasing agent is an aluminum compound which comprises aluminum in combination with a member selected from the group consisting of oxide, acetate, hydroxide, naphthenate, sulfate, silicate, nitrate, and mixtures thereof; and a magnesium compound, said magnesium compound comprises magnesium in combination with a member selected from the group consisting of oxide, acetate, aluminate, carbonate, nitrate, oxalate, phosphate, sulfide, sulfate, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprises at least one silicon compound selected from the group consisting of fine silica or quartz, volcanic ash, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
48 words
The process of claim 10, wherein said petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent has a particle size such that substantially all of the material passes through a sieve of the size in the range of ASTM E-11 Standard Sieve Designation 425 μm to 38 μm, or below.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process of claim 10 wherein the weight ratio of petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent in step (1) to ash in said ash-containing fuel in step (1) is in the range of about 1 to 3.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said ash-containing heavy liquid hydrocarbonaceous fuel is a high boiling liquid petroleum feed to or the bottoms from a vacuum tower or a fractionator.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 10 provided with the step of separating said fly-ash from the hot raw effluent gas stream.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process of claim 10 wherein the petroleum coke from step (2) is introduced into the free-flow partial oxidation zone in step (3) as a pumpable slurry of petroleum coke in water, liquid hydrocarbonaceous fluid or mixtures thereof, or as substantially dry petroleum coke entrained in a gaseous transport medium.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
303 words
A process for the production of gaseous mixtures comprising H 2 +CO comprising: (1) mixing together (i) a comminuted ash fusion temperature increasing agent having a particle size such that substantially all of the material passes through a sieve of the size in the range of ASTM E-11 Standard Sieve Designation 425 μm to 38 μm, or below and which comprises about 55 to 100 wt. % of a silicon and/or titanium compound and any remainder of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprising a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum compound, magnesium compound, and mixtures thereof, with (ii) an ash-containing fuel feedstock comprising a high boiling liquid petroleum taken from the bottom of a vacuum tower or a fractionator, or with an ash-containing petroleum liquid feedstock to said vacuum tower or fractionator; wherein the weight ratio of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent to the ash in said ash-containing fuel is in the range of about 0.5 to 10.0, and wherein the ash in said feedstock includes vanadium; (2) introducing the mixture of ash-containing high boiling liquid petroleum and comminuted petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent from step (1) at an elevated temperature into a coking zone and removing therefrom petroleum coke containing uniformly dispersed therein petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent; (3) reacting said petroleum coke from step (2) in a free flow partial oxidation reaction zone at a temperature in the range of about 2100° F. to 2700° F. and a pressure in the range of about 1 to 200 atmospheres with a free-oxygen containing gas in the presence of a temperature moderator to produce a hot raw effluent gas stream comprising H 2 +CO along with fly-ash having an increased initial deformation temperature; and (4) separating said fly-ash from said hot raw effluent gas stream.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
303 words
A process for the production of gaseous mixtures comprising H 2 +CO comprising: (1) mixing together (i) a comminuted ash fusion temperature increasing agent having a particle size such that substantially all of the material passes through a sieve of the size in the range of ASTM E-11 Standard Sieve Designation 425 μm to 38 μm, or below and which comprises about 55 to 100 wt. % of a silicon and/or titanium compound and any remainder of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent comprising a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum compound, magnesium compound, and mixtures thereof, with (ii) an ash-containing fuel feedstock comprising a high boiling liquid petroleum taken from the bottom of a vacuum tower or a fractionator, or with an ash-containing petroleum liquid feedstock to said vacuum tower or fractionator; wherein the weight ratio of said ash fusion temperature increasing agent to the ash in said ash-containing fuel is in the range of about 0.5 to 10.0, and wherein the ash in said feedstock includes vanadium; (2) introducing the mixture of ash-containing high boiling liquid petroleum and comminuted petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent from step (1) at an elevated temperature into a coking zone and removing therefrom petroleum coke containing uniformly dispersed therein petroleum coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent; (3) reacting said petroleum coke from step (2) in a free flow partial oxidation reaction zone at a temperature in the range of about 2100° F. to 2700° F. and a pressure in the range of about 1 to 200 atmospheres with a free-oxygen containing gas in the presence of a temperature moderator to produce a hot raw effluent gas stream comprising H 2 +CO along with fly-ash having an increased initial deformation temperature; and (4) separating said fly-ash from said hot raw effluent gas stream.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process of claim 20 wherein and said ash fusing temperature increasing agent comprises a compound of silicon and a compound of titanium and said silicon compound is SiO 2 and said titanium compound is TiO 2 .
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process of claim 20 wherein said ash fusing temperature increasing agent comprises a silicon compound and said silicon compound is selected from the group consisting of fine silica or quartz, volcanic ash, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
73 words
The process of claim 20 wherein said remainder of ash fusing temperatue increasing agent is an aluninum compound which comprises in combination with a member selected from the group consisting of oxide, acetate, hydroxide, naphthenate, sulfate, silicate, nitrate, and mixtures thereof; and a magnesium compound said magnesium compound comprises magnesium in combination with a member selected from the group consisting of oxide, acetate, aluminate, carbonate, nitrate, oxalate, phosphate, sulfide, sulfate, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
89 words
The process of claim 23 where in step (2) the mixture of ash-containing high boiling liquid petroleum and comminuted coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent at a temperature in the range of about 650° F. to 930° F. is introduced into a delayed coking zone where at a temperature in the range of about 800° F. to 895° F. and a pressure in the range of about 20 to 60 psig, uncondensed hydrocarbon effluent vapor and steam are removed overhead and said petroleum coke is removed from the bottom.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
90 words
The process of claim 20 where in step (2) the mixture of ash-containing high boiling liquid petroleum and comminuted coke ash fusion temperature increasing agent at a temperature in the range of about 550° F. to 750° F. is introduced into a fluidized bed coking zone where at a temperature in the range of about 1000° F. to 1200° F. and a pressure in the range of about 10 to 20 psig, uncondensed hydrocarbon effluent vapor and steam are removed overhead and said petroleum coke is removed from the bottom.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
31 words
The process of claim 20 provided with the step of separating said petroleum coke ash from said hot effluent gas stream from step (4) with a water or oil scrubbing medium.
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