HYDROCRACKING OF HEAVY HYDROCARBON USING SYNTHESIS GAS

摘要

Hydrocracking of Heavy Hydrocarbon Using Synthesis Gas A process is described for the hydrocracking of a heavy hydrocarbon, such as bitumen from tar sands. A slurry of the bitumen, preferably together with coal, in the presence of a hydrogen-rich synthesis gas is passed through a confined hydrocracking zone, and the effluent emerging from the zone is separated into a gaseous stream containing a wide boiling range of material and a liquid stream containing heavy hydrocarbons. This process provides increased liquid yields and increased H/C atomic ratios of liquid and solid, as well as significantly decreased hydrogen consumption.