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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2005
James N. Mccoy, Houston, TX (US);
Arthur R. Dinicolantonio, Seabrook, TX (US);
Richard C. Stell, Houston, TX (US);
James N. McCoy, Houston, TX (US);
Arthur R. DiNicolantonio, Seabrook, TX (US);
Richard C. Stell, Houston, TX (US);
ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock containing salt and/or particulate matter, wherein said hydrocarbon feedstock containing salt and/or particulate matter is partially desalted, e.g., by passing through a centrifugal separator, heated, then separated into a vapor phase and a liquid phase by flashing in a flash/separation vessel, separating and cracking the vapor phase which comprises less than about 98% of the hydrocarbon feedstock containing salt and/or particulate matter, and recovering cracked product.