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Reduction of coker furnace tube fouling in a delayed coking process

US6270656A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 9, 1999
Grant dateAug 7, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 9, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC10G9/16
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a delayed coking process, furnace tube fouling is minimized by including a measured amount of full boiling range heavy gas oil as an additive in the furnace feed, preferably by forced recycle from a heavy gas oil stream. An additive is preferably supplied directly to individual furnace tubes by multiple circumferential injection upstream of each tube receiving the additive.

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