Process and apparatus for recovering hydrocracked effluent with vacuum separation
US10676682B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G2400/06
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A vacuum separator is used to separate a pitch stream from a slurry hydrocracking reactor upstream of the product fractionation column. The process and apparatus removes pitch from the product streams to enable easier separation of light VGO from heavy VGO in a fractionation column.
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