APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING HEAVY OIL TO LIGHT OIL AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING HEAVY OIL TO LIGHT OIL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for converting heavy oil to light oil for reducing by-products including coke and improving light oil yield.;SOLUTION: The apparatus for converting heavy oil to light oil comprises a reaction vessel 1 maintaining a high-temperature and high-pressure water atmosphere higher than 380°C and 22 MPa and functioning to convert heavy oil fed into the atmosphere to light oil and, downstream of a liquefaction zone 1a where the heavy oil in the reaction vessel 1 is converted to light oil, a nickel-based metallic reforming member 2 constituting a plurality of flow channels 2a extending downstream to suppress light oil gasification.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO