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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2022
Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);
Yuti L. Yang, Houston, TX (US);
Edison A. Rincon, Humble, TX (US);
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC., Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method of processing hydrocarbons including depressurizing a hydrocarbon stream, vaporizing at least a portion of a non-vapor phase hydrocarbon of the stream, and separating first and second products. The first product includes at least a portion of the vaporized stream's vapor phase hydrocarbon that became vapor during the vaporization, and the second product includes at least a portion of the vaporized stream remaining as non-vapor during the vaporization. The separation includes a gross separator such as a cyclone, a vane pack device, a knock-out drum optionally having a demister pad, or combination(s) thereof. Non-vapor phase droplets of the first product are removed from the first product of the stream using coalescing elements before processing in a pyrolysis reactor.