Simultaneous hydrocracking of bitumen/coal slurries

摘要

A slurry 10 of a heavy hydrocarbon, such as bitumen from tar sands, and coal is passed together with hydrogen 30 through a confined hydrocracking zone 13, and the effluent emerging from the zone is separated into a gaseous stream 18 containing a wide boiling range of material and a liquid stream 16 containing heavy hydrocarbons. This process permits maximum yields from both coal and bitumen, while suppressing coke formation during hydrocracking. IMAGE