Stone & Webster Process Technology, Inc.

Suncor Energy Inc.

Kelly Benham

Bernard Mark Archer

Nicholas Daniel Benham

The present disclosure generally relates to upgrading difficult to process heavy-oil. In particular, the disclosure relates to upgrading heavy oil and other high carbon content materials by using an integrated thermal-process (ITP) that utilizes anti-coking management and toluene insoluble organic residues (TIOR) management to directly incorporate lighter hydrocarbons into high molecular weight, low hydrogen content hydrocarbons such as thermally processed heavy oil products. This process can be integrated with other thermal processing schemes, such as cokers and visbreakers, to improve the conversion and yields from these integrated processes.

Integrated thermal process for heavy oil and gas to liquids conversion

The present invention is describes a novel technique for producing commercial hydrocarbon materials using a fluid catalytic cracking unit employing recycling of light cycle oil in combination with desulfurization catalysts.

Integrated desulfurization and FCC process

A bath tub solids container for containing solids separated from cracked product vapors produced in a riser reactor and issuing from a separator. The bath tub solids container receives and contains solids from the separator, has a collar which fits around the riser reactor to keep the solids from contacting the riser reactor, an aeration device for fluidizing the solids within the container and an outlet for the solids.

Riser termination device

The present invention provides a novel separator for use in a hydrocarbon cracking process and a novel spent catalyst stripping device and process wherein the separator includes a downcomer pipe having a vertical window for allowing the separated vapor to proceed upwardly through a vapor outlet duct and a bath tub container for containing and facilitating stripping of the separated spent catalyst.

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Calgary, Canada

Kelly Benham