Abstract:
A process for treating a carbonaceous material includes reacting the carbonaceous material and a process gas in supercritical water to at least one of hydrotreat and hydrocrack the carbonaceous material to form a treated carbonaceous material. The process is preferably carried out in a deep well reactor, but can be carried out in conventional surface-based reactors at a temperature of at least 705° F. and a pressure of at least 2500 psi.
Patent Number:
6,887,369
Date Of Issue:
05/11/2005
Inventors:
David S. Moulton; Jimell Erwin
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