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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
David B. Spicer, Houston, TX (US);
Arthur R. Dinicolantonio, Seabrook, TX (US);
James Mitchell Frye, Pebble Bay, SG;
Richard C. Stell, Houston, TX (US);
David B. Spicer, Houston, TX (US);
Arthur R. Dinicolantonio, Seabrook, TX (US);
James Mitchell Frye, Pebble Bay, SG;
Richard C. Stell, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for treating hydrocarbon feed in a furnace, the process comprising: (a) heating hydrocarbon feed, (b) adding water to the heated feed, (c) adding dilution steam to the heated feed to form a mixture, (d) heating the resulting mixture and feeding the resulting heated mixture to the furnace, wherein the water in (b) is added in an amount of from at least about 1% to 100% based on water and dilution steam by weight.