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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2002
Applicants:
David S. Moulton, Hondo, TX (US);
Jimell Erwin, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
David S. Moulton, Hondo, TX (US);
Jimell Erwin, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G047/00 ; C10G045/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for treating a carbonaceous material includes reacting the carbonaceous material and a process gas in supercritical water to at least one of hydrotreat and hydrocrack the carbonaceous material to form a treated carbonaceous material. The process is preferably carried out in a deep well reactor, but can be carried out in conventional surface-based reactors at a temperature of at least 705° F. and a pressure of at least 2500 psi.