Patent SG-11201902990U-A (SG)
Title: Process for separating particles containing alkali metal salts from liquid hydrocarbons
Inventor: ZENAITIS MICHAEL
IPC: C10G29/04
Filed: 2017-10-04
Abstract: FIG16 14 24 107 28 38 35 210 32 3 7 - (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 12 April 2018 (12.04.2018) WIP0 1 PCT omit VIII °nolo III oiloo lID mioliono oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/067753 Al (51) International Patent Classification: ClOG 29/02 (2006.01) ClOG 53/02 (2006.01) ClOG 29/04 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/055213 (22) International Filing Date: 04 October 2017 (04.10.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (74) Agent: MEARA, Joseph et al.; Foley & Lardner LLP, 3000 (30) Priority Data: 62/404,119 04 October 2016 (04.10.2016) US 15/446,299 01 March 2017 (01.03.2017) US 62/513,871 01 June 2017 (01.06.2017) US (71) Applicant: FIELD UPGRADING LIMITED [CA/CA]; 1100 1st Street SE, Suite 201, Calgary, T2G 1B1 (CA). (72) Inventor; and (71) Applicant: GORDON, John Howard [US/US]; 958 North Terrace Hills Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103 (US). (72) Inventors: ZENAITIS, Michael; c/o FIELD UP- GRADING LIMITED, 1100 1st Street SE, Suite 201, Cal- gary, Alberta T2G 1B1 (CA). MAKOWSKY, Mykola; c/o FIELD UPGRADING LIMITED, 1100 1st Street SE, Suite 201, Calgary, Alberta T2G 1B1 (CA). KILLPACK, Jeff; 8933 South 250 East, Sandy, Utah 84070 (US). K Street, N.W. Suite 600, Washington, District of Columbia 20007-5109 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, = (54) Title: PROCESS FOR SEPARATING PARTICLES CONTAINING ALKALI METAL SALTS FROM LIQUID HYDROCAR- BONS N N O cc O C (57) : The present technology provides a process that includes heating a first mixture of elemental sulfur and particles com- prising an alkali metal sulfide in a liquid hydrocarbon to a temperature of at least 150°C, to provide a sulfur-treated mixture compris- ing agglomerated particles; and separating the agglomerated particles from the sulfur-treated mixture to provide a desulfurized liquid hydrocarbon and separated solids. This process may be used as part of a suite of processes for desulfurizing liquid hydrocarbons cont- aminated with organosulfur compounds and other heteroatom-based contaminants. The present technology further provides processes for converting carbon-rich solids (e.g., petroleum coke) into fuels. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/067753 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIRDERIONIMMEOMOIMOVOIS KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))