Patent SG-11201908353X-A (SG)
Title: Resid upgrading with reduced coke formation
Inventor: BROWN STEPHEN
IPC: C10G67/04
Filed: 2018-03-23
Abstract: 122 0 157 124 120 126 1 128 106 145 150 155 V 140 176 166 160 143 172 174 170 178 ----- [79 1-1 cc O N cc 00 O C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 11 October 2018 (11.10.2018) WIPO I PCT 0111111010 0111 °nolo momonmuoiflo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/187048 Al (51) International Patent Classification: CLOG 67/04 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/023924 (22) International Filing Date: 23 March 2018 (23.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/482,739 07 April 2017 (07.04.2017) US (71) Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND EN- GINEERING COMPANY [US/US]; 1545 Route 22 East, P.O. Box 900, Annandale, NJ 08801-0900 (US). (72) Inventors: BROWN, Stephen, H.; 2 Country Place, Lebanon, NJ 08833 (US). CUNNINGHAM, Brian, A.; Bureau Takanawa 603, 4-6-10-Takanawa, Minato-ku, 108-0074 (JP). SMILEY, Randolph, J.; 1835 Viola Lane, Hellertown, PA 18055 (US). ILIAS, Samia; 2706 Johnson Circle, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (US). RAICH, Brenda, A.; 11 Maple Avenue, Annandale, NJ 08801 (US). LE, Tien, V.; 830 Thornwick Drive, Houston, TX 77079 (US). (74) Agent: WARD, Andrew T. et al.; Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company, 1545 Route 22 East, P.O. Box 900, Annandale, NJ 08801-0900 (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: RESID UPGRADING WITH REDUCED COKE FORMATION FIG. 1 (57) : Systems and methods are provided for improving the processing of heavy or challenged feeds in a refinery based on integrated use of deasphalting, coking, and hydroprocessing. An optional fluid catalytic cracking unit can be included in the integrated system to allow for further improvements. The improved processing can be facilitated based on a process configuration where the vacuum resid fractions and/or other difficult fractions are deasphalted to generate a deasphalted oil and a deasphalter residue or rock fraction. The deasphalted oil can be passed into a hydroprocessing unit for further processing. The rock fraction can be used as the feed to a coking unit. Although deasphalter residue or rock is typically a feed with a high content of micro carbon residue, a high lift deasphalting process can allow a portion of the micro carbon residue in the initial feed to remain with the deasphalted oil. The portion of micro carbon residue that remains in the deasphalted oil can then be upgraded during hydroprocessing and/or during subsequent [Continued on next page] WO 2018/187048 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMOHOHNIEHIMEN 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: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) processing of the feed. By reducing the amount of micro carbon residue passed into a coker for a given initial feed source, the overall capacity for a reaction system to handle heavy feeds can be increased relative to the rate of coke production from the reaction system.