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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Lytoil, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joe Griffith Cruz, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Ray Mobley, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Philip David Fulmer, San Jose, CA (US);
LYTOIL, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for refining feedstocks, such as crude or synthetic oil, and like feedstocks, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a reactor for refining a feedstock includes: a chamber having an inner volume to hold a liquid feedstock, a feedstock inlet port, a process gas inlet port, and an outlet port; a gas diffuser housed within the chamber and coupled to the process gas inlet port; and a radical generator coupled in fluid communication with the inner volume via the gas diffuser. In some embodiments, a method for refining feedstock includes: providing liquid feedstock to an inner volume of a reactor; flowing a radicalized process gas from a radical generator into the inner volume and into contact with the feedstock via a gas diffuser to fractionate the feedstock and produce one or more fractions of product in a vaporous mixture; and collecting a desired product from the vaporous mixture.