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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard G McIlvried, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Angelo A Montagna, Monroeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Gulf Research & Development Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208264 ; 208216 ; 2082 / ;
Abstract
A process is provided for the upgrading of solids-containing liquid hydrocarbon oils derived from coal, oil shale and tar sands. The process comprises passing the solids-containing liquid hydrocarbon oil, together with hydrogen, through the void spaces of a fixed catalyst bed wherein the total void volume is within defined critical limits.