Recovering hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon-containing vapors

Patent · Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:863667

Mirza, Zia I.; Knell, Everett W.; Winter, Bruce L.

Values are recovered from a hydrocarbon-containing vapor by contacting the vapor with quench liquid consisting essentially of hydrocarbons to form a condensate and a vapor residue, the condensate and quench fluid forming a combined liquid stream. The combined liquid stream is mixed with a viscosity-lowering liquid to form a mixed liquid having a viscosity lower than the viscosity of the combined liquid stream to permit easy handling of the combined liquid stream. The quench liquid is a cooled portion of the mixed liquid. Viscosity-lowering liquid is separated from a portion of the mixed liquid and cycled to form additional mixed liquid.

• Research Organization: Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-76ET10130
• Assignee: Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Los Angeles, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 4,225,415
• Application Number: 06/065,736
• OSTI ID: 863667
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1979 Aug 10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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viscosity-lowering
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