Patent ID: 7883605
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: B01J,C10B,C10G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A process for pyrolyzing hydrocarbonaceous material, the process comprising the steps of: charging a reactor having an internal volume of at least about 1.7 cubic meters with feed material comprising hydrocarbonaceous material; heating the feed material at a heat input rate that ranges from about 0.25 kW/kg to about 27 kW/kg; collecting product from the reactor; wherein the reactor is anaerobic in operation in that the reactor contains less than about 3% by volume oxygen during the pyrolytic process; and wherein at least 5% of the organic carbon atoms which are not present in an aromatic ring of a compound of the feed material are present in an aromatic ring of a compound in a liquid portion of the product.