Gulf Canada donor refined bitumen heavy oil upgrading process

Conference · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., Prepr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6478028

Fisher, I P; Souhrada, F; Woods, H J

The method is a moderate-pressure, noncatalytic alternative which has been shown to be applicable to a wide range of bitumens and heavy oils. It offers the potential of efficiency and reliability at a low capitalized investment and operating cost. The raw distillates are separated from the bitumen or heavy oil and the vacuum residuum is blended with an efficient hydrogen donor stream containing a high proportion of substituted tetralins, and is thermally cracking in the liquid phase. The exhausted donor is recovered from the middle distillate reactor product, reactivated by fixed bed hydrogenation before being recycled to the reactor. The process can be self-sufficient in donor and is independent of the metal content of the feed. The products are blanded with the raw distillates and further hydrogenated to high quality petroleum products. While the primary hydrogen consumption is low, the reconstituted naphtha, distillate and gas oil fractions require less hydrogen than the coker liquids to achieve acceptable refinery feed quality. 1 figure, 9 tables.

• Research Organization: Gulf Canada Ltd., Sheridan Park, Ontario
• OSTI ID: 6478028
• Report Number(s): CONF-820909-Vol.2
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem., Prepr.; (United States) Journal Volume: 27:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020500 -- Petroleum-- Products & By-Products
04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040403* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Refining
AROMATICS
BITUMENS
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL TAR OILS
DECOMPOSITION
DISTILLATES
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTIONATION
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HIGH TEMPERATURE
MEDIUM PRESSURE
MIXING
NAPHTHA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PILOT PLANTS
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UNITS
PYROLYSIS
RECOVERY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
TAR
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VISCOSITY
YIELDS