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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:
May. 05, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Armand A Gregoli, Tulsa, OK (US);
Andrew M Olah, Spencer, OH (US);
John A Hamshar, Owasso, OK (US);
Daniel P Rimmer, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Assignee:
Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208 46 ; 44301 ; 137 13 ; 20415742 ; 252312 ; 252314 ; 252330 ; 252348 ;
Abstract
A process for converting heavy hydrocarbons into lighter hydrocarbons. The process comprises forming an oil-in-aqueous phase emulsion and feeding the formed emulsion into an ultrasonic reactor wherein heavy hydrocarbons are converted into lighter hydrocarbons.