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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Richard C. Stell, Houston, TX (US);
Arthur R. Dinicolantonio, Seabrook, TX (US);
James Mitchell Frye, Pebble Bay, SG;
David B. Spicer, Houston, TX (US);
James N. Mccoy, Houston, TX (US);
Robert David Strack, Houston, TX (US);
Richard C. Stell, Houston, TX (US);
Arthur R. DiNicolantonio, Seabrook, TX (US);
James Mitchell Frye, Pebble Bay, SG;
David B. Spicer, Houston, TX (US);
James N. McCoy, Houston, TX (US);
Robert David Strack, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for feeding or cracking heavy hydrocarbon feedstock containing non-volatile hydrocarbons comprising: heating the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock, mixing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, flashing the mixture to form a vapor phase and a liquid phase, and varying the amount of the fluid and/or the primary dilution steam stream mixed with the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock in accordance with at least one selected operating parameter of the process, such as the temperature of the flash stream before entering the flash drum.