Heavy hydrocarbon reactor
AssigneeMarathon Oil Canada Corporation
InventorsJose Armando Salazar-Guillen, Christopher Ard
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Abstract
A reactor for cracking heavy hydrocarbons includes a tube having an internal passage filled with a fluid that includes heavy hydrocarbon material. The reactor is oriented vertically so that the fluid moves downward through the internal passage of the tube. The internal passage includes alternating linear sections and curved sections. The internal passage is oriented so that it lies on a single plane. The reactor may be combined with another reactor to produce a reactor system.
Claims23
A reactor comprising:
- a tube including an internal passage;
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- a fluid located in the internal passage of the tube, the fluid including heavy hydrocarbon material;
- wherein the internal passage of the tube includes alternating linear sections and curved sections;
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- wherein the reactor is oriented vertically and the fluid moves downward through the tube.
A reactor system comprising:
- a nozzle reactor including a first entry opening leading to a first input passage, a second entry opening, and an exit opening, wherein the first entry opening, the second entry opening, and the exit opening are in fluid communication with each other, and wherein the first input passage includes a convergent section followed by a divergent section;
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- a tubular reactor in fluid communication with the exit opening of the nozzle reactor, the tubular reactor including an internal passage having alternating linear sections and curved sections.
The reactor system of claim 21 wherein the internal passage in the tubular reactor has a substantially planar orientation.
A method comprising:
- reacting heavy hydrocarbon material in a reactor and converting a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon material into distillates;
- wherein the reactor includes a tube having an internal passage;
- wherein the reactor is oriented vertically and the heavy hydrocarbon material moves downward through the tube;
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- wherein the internal passage includes alternating linear sections and curved sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.