Method and System for Hydrocarbon Extraction
AssigneeRegenerative Sciences Patents Limited
InventorsEsther Spolzer, Walter Nutter, Rory Hughes
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Abstract
The invention provides a process and system for the depolymerisation of hydrocarbon-containing material for producing diesel oil and/or heating oil comprising a reactor adapted to exceed temperature operation of 390 degrees Celsius and provided with a plant specific exothermal heat source. In a preferred embodiment, raw materials enter the reactor in a liquid or viscous state by pre-heating and introducing it under pressure to the specially adapted reactor where further heating of the raw material takes place under vacuum.
Claims16
A system for the depolymerisation of hydro-carbon containing material for producing diesel oil and/or heating oil comprising:
- a reactor;
- means for pre-heating raw hydro-carbon containing material to a fluidic or viscous state and introducing said pre-heated material under pressure into said reactor;
- means for further heating of the raw material under vacuum in said reactor such that that the raw material under vacuum is heated to a desired temperature range;
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- means for extracting vapour from said heated raw material to an evaporator area and producing said diesel oil or heating oil.
A process for the depolymerisation of hydro-carbon containing material for producing diesel oil and/or heating oil, said process comprising the steps of:
- pre-heating raw hydro-carbon containing material to a fluidic or viscous state and introducing said pre-heated material under pressure into a reactor;
- further heating of the raw material under vacuum in said reactor such that that the raw material under vacuum is heated to a desired temperature range;
- extracting vapour from said heated raw material to an evaporator area and producing said diesel oil or heating oil wherein the desired temperature range operates substantially in the range of 390 to 420 degrees C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.