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US 2022/0010215 A1Published application
Method for operating a coker unit
AssigneeSuncor Energy Inc.
InventorsPrabhakar REDDY, Michael GOULDING
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Abstract
Implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method of operating a coker unit comprising the steps of: collecting a coker-furnace feed stream; introducing the coker-furnace feed-stream into a coker furnace for producing a coker-drum feed stream; and introducing a hydrogen-donor gas into either or both of the coker-furnace feed stream or the coker-drum feed stream.
Claims7
A coker-fractionator unit that comprises:
- a) a coker furnace that is configured to heat a hydrocarbon feedstock;
- b) a coker drum that is configured for receiving and coking the heated hydrocarbon feedstock;
- c) a source of a hydrogen donor gas;
- d) a first conduit for providing fluid communication from the source of hydrogen-donor gas to upstream of the coker furnace;
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- e) a second conduit for providing fluid communication from the source of hydrogen-donor gas to downstream of the coker furnace and upstream of the coker drum.
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