CONVERSION OF HEAVY FOSSIL HYDROCARBONS AND MODERNIZATION USING RADIO FREQUENCY OR MICROWAVE ENERGY Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC C10G15/08 C10G1/00 

FIELD: oil and gas industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method for continuous instantaneous conversion of heavy fossil hydrocarbons (HFH) mixture, comprising one or more of bitumen, coal of any kind, oil sands, oil shales, oil resins, asphaltenes and predasphaltenes, as well as any other kerogen-containing materials. The method comprises: flowing a continuously fed stock, containing said HFH mixture and process gas through a reaction zone having more than 0.9 atmospheres pressure; dspersing said HFH mixture and the HFH distillation catalyst in the liquid in the process gas, and contacting said HFH mixture and catalyst at least in the reaction zone; concentrating microwave or radio frequency (RF) energy in the reaction zone using a microwave source or RF energy; and the generation of dielectric discharges in the reaction zone. In this case, said HFH mixture and the catalyst have stay period in the reaction zone less than 30 seconds. Also, the invention relates to two variants of continuous conversion system for HFH mixture.

EFFECT: invention allows to reduce the environmental impact of heavy fossil hydrocarbons, and also allows conversion at lower temperature and pressure.

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