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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Nicholas F. Urbanski, Katy, TX (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas F. Urbanski, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/00 (2006.01); F25J 3/02 (2006.01); C10L 3/10 (2006.01); B01D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J 3/0209 (2013.01); B01D 3/008 (2013.01); C10L 3/101 (2013.01); C10L 3/102 (2013.01); F25J 3/0233 (2013.01); F25J 3/0266 (2013.01); C10L 2290/06 (2013.01); C10L 2290/543 (2013.01); F25J 2200/02 (2013.01); F25J 2200/30 (2013.01); F25J 2200/50 (2013.01); F25J 2200/74 (2013.01); F25J 2200/90 (2013.01); F25J 2205/04 (2013.01); F25J 2205/20 (2013.01); F25J 2280/40 (2013.01); Y02C 10/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for melting contaminant-laden solids that have been separated from a hydrocarbon-containing vapor stream in a hydrocarbon distillation tower, comprising at least one plate positioned where the solids form within the hydrocarbon distillation tower, hollow tubing forming an integral part of each of the at least one plate, and a heating medium disposed to flow through the hollow tubing at a higher temperature than a temperature of the solids to at least partially melt the solids.