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8147679 |
Process and system improvement for improving and recuperating waste, heavy and extra heavy hydrocarbons
A continuous process for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon includes the steps of: obtaining a heavy hydrocarbon; heating the heavy hydrocarbon; contacting the heavy hydrocarbon with a solvent at...
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8128786 |
RF heating to reduce the use of supplemental water added in the recovery of unconventional oil
Equipment and a process for separating bitumen from oil sand in a process stream are described. The equipment includes several processing vessels and one or more local area radio frequency...
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8110095 |
Oil sand processing apparatus control system and method
A control system for an oil sand processing apparatus and a method for controlling the apparatus. The apparatus includes a rotatable drum, an oil sand feed mechanism, a drive mechanism for rotating...
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8057640 |
Deasphalting tar using stripping tower
Tar is contacted with stripping agent, such as steam or tail gas, in a stripping tower. A product comprising deasphalted tar is recovered as overheads and a product comprising heavy tar is...
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8025774 |
Controlling tar by quenching cracked effluent from a liquid fed gas cracker
In a system for thermal cracking gaseous feedstocks, the system including a gas cracker for producing an effluent comprising olefins, at least one transfer line exchanger for the recovery of...
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8025773 |
System for extending the range of hydrocarbon feeds in gas crackers
In a system for thermal cracking gaseous feedstocks, the system including a gas cracker for producing an effluent comprising olefins, at least one transfer line exchanger for the recovery of...
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7897050 |
Dense gas means for extraction of a solute from solids
The present invention provides methods and systems for the extraction of solutes from solid matter using dense gases in a mechanical auger separation system.
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7857964 |
Method of refining heavy oil and refining apparatus
The present invention relates to a method in which grades of oil are refined according to their object from a feed oil. This method has a solvent extraction process that obtains an extracted oil,...
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7591929 |
Oil sand processing apparatus and control system
An apparatus for processing oil sand to produce a liquid stream comprising water and bitumen and a solid stream comprising solid particles, and a method and control system for controlling the...
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7556715 |
Bituminous froth inline steam injection processing
An inline bitumen froth steam heater system is comprised of steam injection and static mixing devices. The steam heater system heats and de-aerates an input bitumen froth without creating...
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7556734 |
Liquid/liquid exchange column
The contact between, for example, ascending liquid droplets of lighter liquid, as the dispersed phase, and heavier liquid, as the continuous phase, flowing across perforated trays in a flooded...
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7431830 |
Compact slurry preparation system for oil sand
Staged crushing combined with water addition and mixing is practiced at the mine site to prepare an oil sand slurry ready for hydrotransport. More particularly, as-mined oil sand is crushed to...
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7407571 |
Method of and apparatus for upgrading and gasifying heavy hydrocarbon feeds
A novel apparatus for producing sweet synthetic crude from a heavy hydrocarbon feed includes: an upgrader for receiving the heavy hydrocarbon feed and producing a distillate fraction including sour...
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7384557 |
Method and apparatus for removing solute from a solid solute-bearing product
The process and apparatus are for removing a solute from a solute-bearing solid product by means of a solvent which remains in liquid state throughout the entire oil extraction process. In one...
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7381309 |
Apparatus for prewashing a hydrocarbon stream containing hydrogen sulfide
Disclosed is an apparatus for extracting sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbon stream. A prewash section for converting hydrogen sulfide to sodium sulfide by reaction with an alkali such as caustic...
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7045038 |
Process for treating waste oil
There is disclosed a burnable used oil fuel product by the process comprising: (a) obtaining a used oil sample having at least 1% (by weight) aqueous substances;(b) heating the used oil sample to a...
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6962661 |
Liquid—liquid extraction apparatus and method
Method and apparatus for contacting two liquid phases for liquid-liquid extraction in a vertical extraction vessel. A relatively heavier liquid phase, descending the extraction vessel at a...
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6955753 |
Treatment of crude oils
A process and apparatus to extract and recover heavy metals and sulfur from crude oil or petroleum fuel products including the steps of emulsifying the crude oil with an emulsifying agent, adding a...
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6375802 |
Method of retrofitting existing equipment for an improved aromatics separation process
An improved process for the recovery of aromatic compounds from a mixture containing aromatic and non-aromatic compounds and method for retrofitting existing equipment for the same is provided. The...
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6274032 |
Method of and means for upgrading hydrocarbons containing metals and asphaltenes
A hydrocarbon source feed is upgraded using a solvent deasphalting (SDA) unit employing a solvent having a critical temperature Tc by initially separating from a first hydrocarbon input stream...
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6258332 |
Apparatus and method for collecting and recycling a petroleum by-product
The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for collecting and recycling a petroleum by-product such as hydrocarbon residue from crude oil. The apparatus comprises a container having...
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6004455 |
Solvent-free method and apparatus for removing bituminous oil from oil sands
A sand/liquid separator provides for the conditioning of oil sands. Clean sand is separated from the ore and discharged for use as backfill. The sand/liquid separator machine includes horizontal...
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5998640 |
Method for recovering oil from an oil-bearing solid material
A method and apparatus for continuously removing oil from oil-bearing solids such as tar sands, vegetables or other solid materials using a solvent is provided. By providing a pressure differential...
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5944984 |
Solvent deasphalting unit and method for using the same
An evaporative solvent recovery section operates on a plurality of liquid product streams including a liquid stream of deasphalted oil and solvent, and a liquid stream of asphaltene and solvent...
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5919355 |
Method of and apparatus for processing heavy hydrocarbons
A fractioning solvent deasphalting plant applies a solvent whose critical temperature is Tc to a hydrocarbon feed containing asphaltenes and atmospheric distillate having fractions that boil above...
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5914010 |
Apparatus for solvent-deasphalting residual oil containing asphaltenes
A feed stream of asphaltene-containing residual oil is processed by contacting the feed stream with a solvent to form a first primary liquid stream containing deasphalted oil (DAO) and some...
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5911541 |
Thin layer solvent extraction
A method for separating hydrocarbons from a soil, e.g. to separate bitumen from oil sands, involves mixing the soil thoroughly with water and a supply of buoyant beads having surfaces that are of...
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5843302 |
Solvent deasphalting unit capable of generating power
Solvent deasphalting apparatus includes a separator that receives two inputs, a heavy hydrocarbon feed and a solvent feed; and the apparatus produces two outputs, an asphaltene/solvent stream and a...
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5843384 |
Plant for purifying spent oil
The invention concerns a plant for purifying spent oil, including apparatus for dehydration, preferably by atmospheric distillation, directly followed by vacuum distillation producing a residue and...
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5814286 |
Apparatus for separating solvent in a feed of solvent and deasphalted oil
Apparatus for separating solvent in a feed of solvent and deasphalted oil produced in a deasphalting process includes a feed line for receiving the feed and constructed and arranged to produce a...
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5811607 |
Composite shingle particle salvage system
A process and apparatus for the recovery of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon containing composite materials, particularly roofing materials including asphalt and solid components to recover asphalt...
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5804060 |
Method of and apparatus for producing power in solvent deasphalting units
Power is generated in an organic Rankine cycle turbine by expanding a stream of solvent vapor produced by a flash drum in a deasphalting unit to produce a stream of expanded solvent vapor that is...
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5711856 |
Asphalt extracting apparatus
There is disclosed an asphalt extracting apparatus of the Soxhlet type in which a solvent evaporated from a flask is condensed by a cooling device and then dropped into the inside of a filter...
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5632867 |
Recovering a relatively volatile component of a solution from a less volatile component, e.g. as in solvent recovery
In a solvent recovery plant including a recovery or distillation tower from which solvent product is recovered overhead, an isothermal separator, preferably a cyclone, is used to separate liquid...
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5630911 |
Apparatus for continuous removal of a solvent or other liquid from solid particles or granules
An apparatus for separating a solvent from solid or granular particles. The apparatus includes a fully enclosed vessel having multiple stages for effecting the solvent removal therein. Each stage...
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5534136 |
Method and apparatus for the solvent extraction of oil from bitumen containing tar sand
A method and apparatus for extracting bitumen whereby tar sand containing bitumen components is contacted with a heated thinning oil mixture to reduce the tar sand viscosity and dissolve bitumen to...
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5480566 |
Method for releasing and separating oil from oil sands
An oil sands separator includes a drum (10) having a solids discharge end (24) and a liquid discharge end (22) and a spiral ribbon (14) having a plurality of flights wound inside the interior of...
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5259958 |
Hydrocarbon extractor
A hydrocarbon extractor, intended to be disposed above a tank (10) containing a mixture of a liquid and a liquid hydrocarbon, comprises a belt (16) made of an oleophilic material which is adapted...
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5242598 |
Solid phase extraction
Hydrophobic contaminants are removed from a particulate matter by contacting the particulate matter with a solid organic phase. The hydrophobic contaminants have greater affinity for the solid...
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5194152 |
Apparatus to contact liquids of different density
The apparatus has a column (1) of closed interior. Pipe (7b) leading into its upper part to admit liquid of higher density, and pipe (7a) leading into the lower part to admit liquid of lower...
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5188709 |
Crude oil processing apparatus for heavy oil extraction
The present invention provides an apparatus for preparing and treating a heavy oil extraction solvent. A solvent fraction is separated from a crude oil and combined with a slip stream of rerun...
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5178733 |
Apparatus for separating oil and precious metals from mined oil-bearing rock material
A method and apparatus for producing oil, bitumen, precious metals, and hydrocarbon gases from mined oil-bearing rock material, such as tar sands and soil shale. The rock is ground, preconditioned...
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5174966 |
Laboratory device and method for treating rock samples
A laboratory device and method are adapted to subject a same rock sample to successive liquid treatments without any intermediary handling of the sample. The device combines a chamber comprising a...
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5118408 |
Reducing the water and solids contents of bitumen froth moving through the launder of a spontaneous flotation vessel
An aperature is formed in the bottom wall of the launder. A downwardly extending container communicates with the aperture. A weir is positioned immediately downstream of the aperture. The container...
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5114568 |
Reclamation system for contaminated material
A soil reclamation system that separates the contaminant from all soil particles greater than one micron in diameter and generates resuable soil and contaminant products. The process is based on a...
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5076930 |
Apparatus and process for liquid-liquid contact
A process and apparatus for effecting liquid-liquid contact in a plurality of stages between heavy and light liquid streams is provided wherein said streams are capable of undergoing mass transfer...
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5011594 |
Process for the continuous extraction of mixtures of organic substances with supercritical solvents
A process for the continuous extraction of mixtures of organic substances including high boiling point constituents and/or constituents which do not boil but which melt with at least one solvent in...
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4929348 |
Apparatus for carrying out extractions in subterranean well
The present invention relates generally to improvements in processes and apparatus for effecting solvent extractions using liquefied gas or gases in the supercritical state as the solvents and...
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4857279 |
Apparatus for extracting fats and oils
Edible fats and oils are extracted from oil-bearing materials by loading the raw materials onto an inlet end of a flat and fixed conveying surface having elongate slits therein. The materials are...
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4842715 |
Novel technique for rendering oily sludges environmentally acceptable
A process is disclosed for separating an organic material from a composition comprising said organic material intermixed with particulate solids, the process comprising advancing a light...
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