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Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002

Filed:

Feb. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Gee S. Fung, Houston, TX (US);

Philip E. DePalm, Houston, TX (US);

Puneet Sharma, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 7/00 ; C10G 9/00 ; C10G 9/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 7/00 ; C10G 9/00 ; C10G 9/14 ;
Abstract

A method for lowering the cloud/pour point of a waxy crude oil in locations where size and/or weight of the facility may need to be limited (i.e. arctic zones and offshore). The major components of the system comprise a fractionation/quench tower and a reaction furnace. The furnace has sufficient heat input to initiate thermal cracking of wax and the fractionation tower is operated at a temperature sufficient to flash off light hydrocarbons but also low enough to quench thermal cracking reaction. The feed to the furnace comprises a portion of the bottoms stream from the tower and the furnace output is fed back into the tower bottom to be quenched.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Fung, Gee. (2002). Pour point depression unit using mild thermal cracker (U.S. Patent No. 6379534). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6379534

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