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MANUFACTURE OF PETROLEUM COKE

  • US 3,852,047 A
  • Filed: 02/23/1972
  • Issued: 12/03/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A PETROLEUM COKE COMPOSITION CONSISTING OF A CLUSTER OF SOLID PETROLEUM COKE SPHEROIDAL PELLETS, EACH PELLET HAVING A NUCLEUS AND AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1/32 TO 1/4 INCH AND BEING AT LEAST PARTIALLY FUSED AND BONDED TO CONTINGUOUS PELLETS IN SAID CLUSTER WITH ABOUT 2 TO 30 WEIGHT PERCENT OF A SOLID ASPHALTIC-LIKE MATERIAL, AND SAID PETROLEUM COKE PELLETS AND SOLID ASPHALTIC-LIKE MATERIAL BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY PRODUCED BY THE DELAYED COKING OF A DISPERSION COMPRISING HIGH BOILING LIQUID PETROLEUM OIL CONTAINING DISPERSED THROUGHOUT ABOUT 0.01 TO ABOUT 0.5 WT. PERCENT MINUTE PARTICULATE CARBON SOOT SEED PARTICLES PRODUCED BY THE PARTIAL OXIDATION OF FOSSIL FUELS WHICH CONSTITUTE THE SAID NUCLEUS OF SAID PETROLEUM COKE PELLELTS AND WHICH HAVE A DIAMETER IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.01 TO 0.5 MICRONS, AN OIL ABSORPTION NO. OF ABOUT 1-3 CC OF OIL PER GRAM OF CARBON SOOT, AND A SURFACE AREA OF ABOUT 300-1,000 SQUARE METERS PER GRAM;

  • AND WHEREIN SAID PETROLEUM COKE PELLETS WILL WITHSTAND A COMPRESSIVE LOAD OF 14 POUNDS MINIMUM WHEN A 1/8 INCH DIAMETER PELLET IS TESTED BY MEANS OF A CHATILLION LIGHT SPRING TESTER AND ARE FORMED AND FUSED TOGETHER BY MIXING 0.1 TO 4.0 WEIGHT PERCENT OF LIQUID WATER WITH SAID DISPERSION AND HEATING THE MIXTURE IN A HEATING ZONE OVER A TEMPERATURE RANGE OF ABOUT 650* TO 930**F. FOR ABOUT 1 TO 3 MINUTES TO CONTROL CRACKING, FOLLOWED BY DELAYED COKING AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 800* TO 895*F. AND A PRESSURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 10 TO 60 PSIG.

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