GRAVITATIONAL COLLISION ENHANCED UPGRADING OF HEAVY OILS

摘要

The present invention relates to gravitational collision enhanced upgrading of heavy oils, It thus describes a thermodynamic cracking process for heavy oil, extra heavy oil and bituem as well as a thermodynamic cracking unit for carrying out the process.

主权项

1. A thermodynamic cracking process of heavy oil, extra heavy oil and bitumen, characterized in that cracking is carried out in an reactor (oil cracker) having re-circulation rings under the influence two or more gravitational and accelerated jets of hot mineral heat carrier and combustion gasses, colliding jets injected at a positive angle into the lower part of the oil cracker whereby the stream will be diverted upwards introducing mechanical shear forces and hotspots which together with an operating temperature between 450 C and 600 C cracks the oil injected and atomized at the bottom of the oil cracker.