Shale oil stabilization with a hydroprocessor

Patent · Tue Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5942774

York, E D; Johnson, D M; Miller, P B

A process is provided to produce, stabilize, dedust and upgrade synthetic oil, such as shale oil. In the process, synthetic fuels, such as oil shale, tar sands and diatomite are retorted with heat carrier material to liberate an effluent product stream comprising hydrocarbons and entrained particulates of dust. In order to minimize polymerization of the product stream and agglomerate the dust, the product stream is stabilized, upgraded, and pretreated prior to dedusting, in a hydroprocessor, such as an ebullated bed reactor, with a hydroprocessing gas in the presence of a catalyst. The hydroprocessing gas can be hydrogen, scrubbed fractionator gases, or hydrocarbon-enriched hydroprocessor off gases.

• Assignee: Standard Oil Co. Gulf Oil Corp.
• Patent Number(s): US 4548702
• OSTI ID: 5942774
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 24 Feb 1984; Other Information: PAT-APPL-583320
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DESIGN
OIL SANDS
PROCESSING
OIL SHALES
SHALE OIL
PRODUCTION
STABILIZATION
CATALYSTS
DRYING
DUSTS
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
HYDROGEN
PACKED BED
REMOVAL
RETORTS
SCRUBBING
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
MATERIALS
MINERAL OILS
NONMETALS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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