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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2007
Bala S. Devakottai, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Anthony R. Kiballa, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
John A. Swanson, Pasadena, TX (US);
Pinakin B. Mistry, Humble, TX (US);
Bala S. Devakottai, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Anthony R. Kiballa, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
John A. Swanson, Pasadena, TX (US);
Pinakin B. Mistry, Humble, TX (US);
Equistar Chemicals, LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A thermal cracking process that employs (1) a sinusoidal conduit in the convection section of a thermal cracking furnace, (2) a cross-over conduit, and/or (3) a transfer conduit that contains at least one bend fitting, at least one bend fitting carrying a protective layer comprising a steel carrier and carbide pellets composed of submicron hard particles cemented with a metal binder.