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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2021
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Hasan Ali Al-Hashmy, Dhahran, SA;
Ibrahim Al-Nutaifi, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Systems and methods of production for consistently sized and shaped optically anisotropic mesophase pitch from vacuum residue, one method including supplying processed vacuum residue to an extruder; heating the processed vacuum residue throughout a horizontal profile of the extruder from an inlet to an outlet of the extruder; venting hydrocarbon off-gases from the extruder along the horizontal profile of the extruder from the inlet to the outlet of the extruder; and physically shaping the consistently sized and shaped mesophase pitch at the outlet of the extruder for production of carbon fibers.