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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Nobuyuki Hokari, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tomohiko Miyamoto, Takahagi, JP;
Hirokazu Takahashi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Atsushi Morihara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiromi Koizumi, Hitachi, JP;
Nobuyuki Hokari, Hitachinaka, JP;
Tomohiko Miyamoto, Takahagi, JP;
Hirokazu Takahashi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Atsushi Morihara, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hiromi Koizumi, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heavy oil reforming method which reforms a heavy oil to give a fuel suitable for a gas turbine, eliminates sulfur and vanadium, i.e., harmful components, from a heavy oil, and enables almost all the hydrocarbons in the heavy oil to be used in gas turbine combustion; an apparatus therefor; and a gas turbine power generation system using the reformed heavy oil as fuel is disclosed. The method includes reacting a heavy oil with supercritical water and then with a scavenger for sulfur and vanadium to eliminate sulfur and vanadium from the heavy oil.