PROCEDURE FOR HYDROCARBON CRACKING AND PLASMA REACTOR FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC C10G15/12 

FIELD: oil and gas production.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to procedure for cracking heavy fractions of oil. The procedure consists in thermal treatment of source raw stock in an active zone by exposure it to high frequency plasma. In volume of the active zone there is generated high frequency plasma with intensity 0.05÷0.2 Wt·cm²·and value of plasma carrier frequency from 10⁶ Hz to 10⁸ Hz. Raw stock is subjected to preliminary heating before treatment in the active zone. According to another version of the procedure low frequency plasma with intensity 0.05÷0.2 Wt·cm² and value of plasma carrier frequency from 10² Hz to 10⁵ Hz is generated in volume of the active zone; and raw stock is subjected to preliminary heating before treatment in the active zone. The invention also refers to the plasma reactor for cracking heavy fractions of oil and heavy oil residues.

EFFECT: increased efficiency of processing source raw stock, including heavy hydrocarbons, into motor fuel; increased depth of treatment of source raw stock due to maximal area of plasma contact with vapour-gas phase of raw stock; reduced power consumption per unit of product.

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