Patent ID: 8747660
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: C10G,C25C

Abstract:
1. A process for upgrading an oil feedstock comprising: reacting an oil feedstock with a quantity of an alkali metal, wherein the reaction produces solid materials and liquid materials; separating the solid materials from the liquid materials; heat treating the solid material to a temperature above 400° C. in an atmosphere that has a low oxygen and water content and causing the solid material to lose mass, wherein the heat treated solid material has an increased carbon to hydrogen ratio and wherein said atmosphere comprises one more of the following gases: nitrogen, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, methane or another hydrocarbon and mixtures thereof; adding the solid materials to a solution comprising a polar solvent, wherein at least some sulfide hydrogen sulfide, or polysulfide anions found in the solid material dissolve in the solution comprising polar solvent; adding the solution comprising polar solvent to an electrolytic cell, wherein during operation, the electrolytic cell produces an alkali metal, polysulfide's and sulfur.