Patent ID: 6773630
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: C01B

Abstract:
A continuous process for the the partial oxidation of a high viscosity hydrocarbon feedstream comprising:(1) passing a stream of water through the central conduit of a four-stream feed injector mounted in the upper portion of a gasifier, said feed injector comprising radially spaced concentric central, second, third, and outer cylindrical conduits, and said conduits being open at their downstream exit orifices for discharge; (2) simultaneously passing a high viscosity hydrocarbon feedstream through the third cylindrical conduit; (3) simultaneously passing a stream of free-oxygen containing gas, optionally in admixture with a temperature moderator, through the second and outer cylindrical conduits; (4) mixing said streams from (1), (2) and (3) together prior to, at, or downstream from the outer conduit exit orifice; and (5) reacting the mixture from (4) in the reaction zone of the gasifier.