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US 2018/0371333 A1Published application
System And Method For Liquid Hydrocarbon Desulfurization
AssigneeAlternative Petroleum Technologies, Inc.
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,
- 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.
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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.