Patent ID: 8133446
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for making hydrocarbon fuel comprising: a slurry hydrocracking reactor for reacting heavy feed and hydrogen over catalyst to produce slurry hydrocracked products; a fractionation section in communication with said slurry hydrocracking reactor for fractionating at least a portion of said slurry hydrocracked products, said fractionation section having a heavy VGO outlet for emitting a heavy VGO stream and a pitch outlet for emitting a pitch stream; a solvent deasphalting column in communication with said pitch outlet for producing a deasphalted oil stream emitted from a deasphalted oil outlet; and a vessel or line in communication with said heavy VGO outlet and said deasphalted oil outlet for blending at least portions of said heavy VGO stream and said deasphalted oil stream.