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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:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jon C. Moretta, Houston, TX (US);
Pankaj M. Shah, Houston, TX (US);
Murugesan Subramanian, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/00 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are an integrated process and plant for slurrying and gasification or combustion of a petroleum resid such as asphaltenes from to make a synthesis gas or steam and/or power. The resid is prilled into a gaseous medium as a liquid with a rotating prilling head to form particles which form into a spherical shape. The liquid particles are directly quenched with a water spray to form a slurry of resid particles in water. The slurry comprises a solids loading of 50 to 80 percent and can also include a minor amount of a dispersant.