Patent SG-11201804735R-A (SG)
Title: Supercritical reactor systems and processes for petroleum upgrading
Inventor: CHOI KI-HYOUK
IPC: C10G31/08
Filed: 2016-12-13
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau 111111111111110 III OE III OE III II III 011101110111011101110E RIII (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/106182 A2 WIPO I PCT (43) International Publication Date 22 June 2017 (22.06.2017) (51) International Patent Classification: Not classified (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2016/066367 (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, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, 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). Declarations under Rule 4.17: (22) International Filing Date: 13 December 2016 (13.12.2016) English English (25) Filing Language: (26) Publication Language: (30) Priority Data: 62/267,406 15 December 2015 (15.12.2015) US (71) Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY [SA/SA]; Post Office Box 5000, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). (71) Applicant AG only): ARAMCO SERVICES COM- PANY [US/US]; 9009 West Loop Road, Houston, Texas 77210-4535 (US). (72) Inventors: CHOI, Ki-Hyouk; c/o Saudia Arabian Oil Company, Post Office Box 5000, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). ALABDULHADI, Abdullah T.; c/o Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Post Office Box 5000, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). ALABDULLAH, Mohammad A.; c/o Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Post Office Box 5000, Dhahran, 31311 (SA). (74) Agents: MOLLOY, Matthew A. et al.; Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, One South Main Street, Fifth Third Center - Suite 1300, Dayton, Ohio 45402 (US). as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.170) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17 (iii)) [Continued on next page] (54) Title: SUPERCRITICAL REACTOR SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PETROLEUM UPGRADING (57) : Supercritical upgrading reactors and reactor systems for upgrading a petroleum- ', 124 based compositions comprising one or more 132 catalyst layers and, in some embodiments, one 200 114 122 #7 or more purging fluid inlets, where one or 110 118 126 more catalyst layers at least partially sift and convert heavy hydrocarbon fractions to light 150 hydrocarbon fractions to produce an upgraded supercritical reactor product. In some embodi- 1 52 ments, upgrading reactor systems comprise one or more supercritical upgrading reactors and one or more supercritical standby reactors al- 160 ternating functions such that a supercritical up - 1 62 62 grading reactor is converted to a supercritical standby reactor and the supercritical standby L reactor is converted to a supercritical upgrad- ing reactor, where the supercritical upgrading reactor upgrades a combined feed stream while 172 a supercritical standby reactor delivers a clean- ing fluid into the supercritical standby reactor. 112 1 105 116 20 J-150 182 • • 170 W O 20 17 / 106 18 2 A2 184 1 / 4 - ' 11 80 190 1 194 FIG. 1 WO 2017/106182 A2 MIMMO11111 111111110101301011111101111111111110111111111111111111111 Published: without international search report and to be republished upon receipt of that report (Rule 48.2(g))