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US 11,124,709 B2Granted
System and method for liquid hydrocarbon desulfurization
AssigneeAlternative Petroleum Technologies Holdings Corp.
InventorsJack Lawrence Waldron, Kylen J. Smith
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Abstract
A system for liquid hydrocarbon desulfurization having at least one reaction subsystem including at least one high intensity mixer and a stripping station. Multiple reaction subsystems can be utilized. A method is likewise disclosed for liquid hydrocarbon desulfurization.
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A system for liquid hydrocarbon desulfurization comprising:
- at least one reaction subsystem including
- a high intensity mixer, the mixer having an infeed and an outfeed, and, a mixing agitator;
- and
- a stripping station, the stripping station including an infeed, an outfeed and a stripping structure,
- a separator having an infeed, an aqueous outfeed and a hydrocarbon fuel outfeed;
- and
- a retention tank having an infeed and an outfeed, wherein the infeed of the retention tank is fluidly coupled to the hydrocarbon fuel outfeed, and wherein the outfeed of the retention tank is fluidly coupled to the infeed of the stripping station;
- wherein the outfeed of the high intensity mixer is one of directly and indirectly fluidly coupled to the infeed of the stripping station;
- wherein the infeed of the high intensity mixer is structurally configured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel and aqueous, and wherein the outfeed of the stripping structure is structurally configured to dispense hydrocarbon fuel;
- wherein the infeed is fluidly coupled to the outfeed of the high intensity mixer and the hydrocarbon fuel outfeed is one of indirectly and directly coupled to the infeed of the stripping station;
- and
- wherein the retention tank further comprises an agitator therewithin, structurally configured to agitate the hydrocarbon fuel introduced thereinto from the separator.
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A system for liquid hydrocarbon desulfurization comprising:
- at least one reaction subsystem including
- a high intensity mixer, the mixer having an infeed and an outfeed, and, a mixing agitator;
- and
- a stripping station, the stripping station including an infeed, an outfeed and a stripping structure,
- wherein the outfeed of the high intensity mixer is one of directly and indirectly fluidly coupled to the infeed of the stripping station;
- wherein the infeed of the high intensity mixer is structurally configured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel and aqueous, and wherein the outfeed of the stripping structure is structurally configured to dispense hydrocarbon fuel;
- wherein the at least one reaction subsystem comprises at least two reaction subsystems defining at least a first reaction subsystem and a second reaction subsystem, each having the high intensity mixer and the stripping station;
- and
- wherein the second reaction subsystem further includes a separator having an infeed, an aqueous outfeed and a hydrocarbon fuel outfeed, the aqueous outfeed of the separator of the second reaction subsystem fluidly coupled to the infeed of the high intensity mixer of the first reaction subsystem, and, the outfeed of the stripping station of the first reaction system fluidly coupled to the infeed of the second high intensity mixer.
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A system for liquid hydrocarbon desulfurization comprising:
- at least one reaction subsystem including
- a high intensity mixer, the mixer having an infeed and an outfeed, and, a mixing agitator;
- and
- a stripping station, the stripping station including an infeed, an outfeed and a stripping structure,
- wherein the outfeed of the high intensity mixer is one of directly and indirectly fluidly coupled to the infeed of the stripping station;
- wherein the infeed of the high intensity mixer is structurally configured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel and aqueous, and wherein the outfeed of the stripping structure is structurally configured to dispense hydrocarbon fuel;
- wherein the at least one reaction subsystem comprises at least two reaction subsystems defining at least a first reaction subsystem and a second reaction subsystem, each having the high intensity mixer and the stripping station;
- and
- wherein each of the first and the second reaction subsystems further include a separator having an infeed and an aqueous outfeed and a hydrocarbon outfeed, the aqueous outfeed of the separator of the first reaction subassembly fluidly coupled to the infeed of the high intensity mixer of the second reaction subsystem, with the outfeed of the stripping station of the first reaction subsystem fluidly coupled to the infeed of the high intensity mixer of the second reaction subsystem.
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A method of liquid hydrocarbon desulfurization comprising the steps of:
- providing a reaction subsystem including
- a high intensity mixer, the mixer having an infeed and an outfeed, and, a mixing agitator;
- and
- a stripping station, the stripping station including an infeed, an outfeed and a stripping structure,
- wherein the outfeed of the high intensity mixer is one of directly and indirectly fluidly coupled to the infeed of the stripping station, and
- wherein the infeed of the high intensity mixer is structurally configured to receive a hydrocarbon fuel and aqueous, and wherein the outfeed of the stripping structure is structurally configured to dispense hydrocarbon fuel;
- introducing a hydrocarbon fuel into the infeed of the high intensity mixer of a first of the at least one reaction subsystems;
- introducing aqueous into the infeed of the high intensity mixer of the first of the at least one reaction subsystems;
- oxidizing at least some sulfur within the hydrocarbon fuel within the high intensity mixer to form oxidized sulfur;
- directing at least some of the hydrocarbon fuel into the stripping station of the first of the at least one reaction subsystems;
- and
- stripping the oxidized sulfur from the hydrocarbon within the stripping station of the first of the at least one reaction subsystems.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.