Process for upgrading a hydrocarbon fraction
US3989618A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 1974 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G1/083
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for upgrading a hydrocarbon fraction by contacting the hydrocarbon fraction with a dense-water-containing fluid at a temperature in the range of from about 600.degree. F. to about 900.degree. F. in the absence of an externally supplied catalyst and hydrogen and of pretreatment of the hydrocarbon fraction.
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