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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Ivanhoe Htl Petroleum Ltd., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Silverman, Houston, TX (US);
Steve Kalota, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
IVANHOE HTL PETROLEUM LTD., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/24 (2006.01); C10G 11/00 (2006.01); B01J 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 6/008 (2013.01); B01J 8/24 (2013.01); C10G 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to the upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock. The systems of the present disclosure provides for improved reactor geometries to create more efficient processing and upgrading of the feedstocks. The reactor geometry may be varied by the addition of periodic bumps on the reactor walls and/or by the tapering of the diameter of the upflow reactor.