Patent ID: 8512549
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: C10B,C10G

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a petroleum coke product from a drum feed material comprising the steps of: (a) delivering said drum feed material into a coking drum, said coking drum having a rotatable coke breaking structure therein which extends downwardly in said coking drum and includes at least one coke impacting structure which extends outwardly toward an upwardly extending interior wall of said coking drum, wherein said drum feed material comprises a liquid which fills said coking drum in step (a) to a level above said coke impacting structure, but below an upper end of said coking drum, and wherein said liquid forms into a solid petroleum coke product mass which fills said coking drum to a level above said coke impacting structure such that said coke impacting structure is positioned within said solid petroleum coke product mass; (b) delivering a quenching fluid into said coking drum to quench said solid petroleum coke product mass; and (c) rotating said coke impacting structure of said rotatable coke breaking structure in said coking drum within said solid petroleum coke product mass to break up said solid petroleum coke product mass to form a broken petroleum coke product which will empty out of a lower end of said coking drum.