Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problem of how to reduce the sulfur content of petroleum coke in the thermal conversion process of residual oil at low cost.
The invention provides a method for reducing sulfur content of petroleum coke in a residual oil thermal conversion process, which comprises the following steps: mixing a proper amount of residual oil and a sulfur transfer agent, putting the mixture into a coking reaction device, and carrying out coking reaction to obtain the low-sulfur petroleum coke and oil-gas mixture, wherein the sulfur transfer agent is a mixture of an oil-soluble metal catalyst, an oil-soluble metal catalyst auxiliary agent and a desulfurization auxiliary agent, the mass fraction of the oil-soluble metal catalyst is 0.01-1%, the mass fraction of the oil-soluble metal catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.01-1%, and the mass fraction of the sulfur transfer agent is 5-20% based on the weight of the vacuum residual oil.
In the invention, the residual oil raw oil is one of atmospheric residual oil, vacuum residual oil and visbreaking oil;
in the invention, the desulfurization auxiliary agent comprises three kinds of decalin, tetrahydronaphthalene, polyethylene glycol 6000, polyethylene glycol 8000, polyethylene glycol 10000, palmitic acid and stearic acid; preferably polyethylene glycol 6000, polyethylene glycol 8000, polyethylene glycol 10000; the composition of the desulfurization auxiliary agent is polyethylene glycol 6000 based on the total amount of the desulfurization auxiliary agent: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=0.1 to 10:0.1 to 10:0.1 to 10.
In the invention, the metal element in the oil-soluble metal catalyst is selected from VIII group metal and VIB group metal, including iron, cobalt, nickel, molybdenum and tungsten; in order to lower the sulfur content of petroleum coke generated in the coking process, the VIII group metal and the VIB group metal in the catalyst are preferably nickel and tungsten.
In the present invention, the metal element in the oil-soluble metal catalyst promoter is selected from rare earth metals including cerium, scandium, preferably cerium.
In the invention, the carrier of the oil-soluble metal catalyst is alumina, and the carrier is modified by adopting the auxiliary agent containing boron, fluorine and phosphorus, and the content of the modified auxiliary agent is 0.5-5% based on the mass of the alumina. The modifying auxiliary agent is preferably fluorine, and the content is preferably 1-3%;
in the present invention, the reaction conditions for the coking reaction are: the reaction temperature is 400-500 ℃, the reaction time is 0.5-4 h, and the preferable reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction temperature is 450-500 ℃ and the reaction time is 1-3 h.
The laboratory evaluation method of the sulfur transfer agent selected by the invention comprises the following steps:
the evaluation method of the sulfur transfer agent is as follows: adding proper amount of sulfur transfer agent into the residual oil, heating and stirring until the auxiliary agent and the residual oil are mixed uniformly, closing the electric heating sleeve, pouring into a coking device while the electric heating sleeve is hot, and adding N 2 The device was continuously vented to replace the air in the device, 3 successive replacements. And then setting the reaction temperature, turning on a heating switch, starting timing when the temperature is stable, turning off heating after the reaction time is reached, and ending the reaction. After the device is completely cooled to room temperature, the device is opened, and the coke in the device is taken out. And (3) taking a proper amount of coke, putting the coke into a sulfur detector for sulfur content test, comparing the sulfur content of the coke generated by the coking reaction without adding the sulfur transfer agent, and evaluating the effect of the sulfur transfer agent according to the change of the sulfur content.
Technical innovation of the invention
The invention discloses a method for reducing the sulfur content of petroleum coke in the thermal conversion process of residual oil, which is characterized in that the residual oil, an oil-soluble metal catalyst auxiliary agent and a desulfurization auxiliary agent are mixed uniformly and then fed into a coking device, so that the sulfur content of petroleum coke generated in the coking process can be obviously reduced. The oil-soluble metal catalyst auxiliary agent selects rare earth elements, and the rare earth elements contain 4f orbitals which are not full of electrons from the aspect of an electron layer structure, so that lone pair electrons of S atoms are easily transferred to rare earth metals, the bond energy of C-S is reduced, and sulfur elements and the rare earth metals form metal-sulfur bonds to be removed. On the other hand, the catalyst carrier is modified by the fluorine-containing reagent, so that the acidity of the carrier can be improved by fluorine ions, the cracking capacity of the catalyst is improved, the hydrogenolysis activity of C-S bonds is improved, and the sulfur transfer can be efficiently promoted in the coking process.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the invention will now be described in detail and with clarity, but with the description of only some, but not all embodiments of the invention.
The basic physical properties of the residual oil feedstock used in the examples and comparative examples are shown in table 1.
TABLE 1
Example 1
The sulfur transfer agent 1 is a nickel catalyst and cerium catalyst auxiliary agent combined desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000, the desulfurization auxiliary agent proportion is 10% of the residual oil mass, the residual oil raw oil and the sulfur transfer agent 1 are mixed and then added into a coking device, and the coking device is heated to the coking temperature for reaction, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
The mass fraction of the nickel catalyst is 0.5% based on the mass of the residual oil; the mass fraction of the cerium-type catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%; desulfurization auxiliary agent composition: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
example 2
The sulfur transfer agent 2 is a fluorine modified nickel catalyst and cerium catalyst auxiliary agent combined desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000, the proportion of the desulfurization auxiliary agent is 10% of the residual oil mass, the residual oil raw oil and the sulfur transfer agent 2 are mixed and then added into a coking device, and the coking device is heated to the coking temperature for reaction, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
The mass fraction of the nickel catalyst is 0.5% based on the mass of the residual oil; the mass fraction of the cerium-type catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%; taking the mass of the alumina carrier as a reference, the mass fraction of fluorine in the modified carrier is 1%, and the desulfurization auxiliary agent comprises the following components: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
example 3
The sulfur transfer agent 3 is tungsten catalyst and cerium catalyst auxiliary agent combined desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000, the desulfurization auxiliary agent proportion is 10% of the residual oil mass, the residual oil raw oil and the sulfur transfer agent 3 are mixed and then added into a coking device, and the reaction is carried out after heating to the coking temperature, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Based on the mass of residual oil, the mass fraction of the tungsten catalyst is 0.5%, the mass fraction of the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%, and the desulfurization auxiliary agent comprises: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
example 4
The sulfur transfer agent 4 is a tungsten catalyst modified by fluorine and a cerium catalyst auxiliary agent combined with a desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000, the proportion of the desulfurization auxiliary agent is 10% of the residual oil mass, the residual oil raw oil and the sulfur transfer agent 4 are mixed and then added into a coking device, and the coking device is heated to the coking temperature for reaction under the following reaction conditions: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Taking the mass of residual oil as a reference, the mass fraction of the tungsten catalyst is 0.5%, the mass fraction of the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%, and the mass fraction of fluorine in the modified carrier is 1% by taking the mass of the alumina carrier as a reference; desulfurization auxiliary agent composition: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
example 5
The sulfur transfer agent 5 is a nickel catalyst and cerium catalyst auxiliary agent combined desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000, the desulfurization auxiliary agent proportion is 20% of the residual oil mass, the residual oil raw oil and the sulfur transfer agent 5 are mixed and then added into a coking device, and the reaction is carried out after heating to the coking temperature, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
The mass fraction of the nickel catalyst is 0.5% based on the mass of the residual oil; the mass fraction of the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%, and the desulfurization auxiliary agent comprises the following components: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
example 6
The sulfur transfer agent 6 is a fluorine modified nickel catalyst and cerium catalyst auxiliary agent combined desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000, the proportion of the desulfurization auxiliary agent is 20% of the residual oil mass, the residual oil raw oil and the sulfur transfer agent 6 are mixed and then added into a coking device, and the coking device is heated to the coking temperature for reaction, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
The mass fraction of the nickel catalyst is 0.5% based on the mass of the residual oil; the mass fraction of the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%, and the mass fraction of fluorine in the modified carrier is 1% based on the mass of the alumina carrier; desulfurization auxiliary agent composition: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
example 7
The sulfur transfer agent 7 is tungsten catalyst and cerium catalyst auxiliary agent combined desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000, the desulfurization auxiliary agent proportion is 20% of the residual oil mass, the residual oil raw oil and the sulfur transfer agent 7 are mixed and then added into a coking device, and the reaction is carried out after heating to the coking temperature, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Based on the mass of residual oil, the mass fraction of the tungsten catalyst is 0.5%, the mass fraction of the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%, and the desulfurization auxiliary agent comprises: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
example 8
The sulfur transfer agent 8 is a tungsten catalyst modified by fluorine and a cerium catalyst auxiliary agent combined with a desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000, the proportion of the desulfurization auxiliary agent is 20% of the residual oil mass, the residual oil raw oil and the sulfur transfer agent 8 are mixed and then added into a coking device, and the coking device is heated to the coking temperature for reaction under the following reaction conditions: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Taking the mass of residual oil as a reference, the mass fraction of the tungsten catalyst is 0.5%, the mass fraction of the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%, and the mass fraction of fluorine in the modified carrier is 1% by taking the mass of the alumina carrier as a reference; desulfurization auxiliary agent composition: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
example 9
Mixing residual oil raw oil with a desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000 (the proportion of the desulfurization auxiliary agent is 20% of the residual oil mass), adding into a coking device, heating to a coking temperature, and reacting under the following reaction conditions: the reaction time was 3h at 500 ℃. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Desulfurization auxiliary agent composition: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
comparative example 1
Directly adding residual oil raw oil into a coking device, heating to coking temperature, and reacting under the following reaction conditions: the reaction temperature was 500℃and the reaction time was 3 hours. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Comparative example 2
The residual oil raw oil, the nickel catalyst and the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent are mixed and added into a coking device, and the reaction is carried out after heating to the coking temperature, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction time was 3h at 500 ℃. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
The mass fraction of the nickel catalyst is 0.5% based on the mass of the residual oil; the mass fraction of the cerium-type catalyst promoter is 0.5%.
Comparative example 3
Mixing residual oil raw oil, fluorine modified nickel catalyst and cerium catalyst auxiliary agent, adding into a coking device, heating to coking temperature, and reacting under the following reaction conditions: the reaction time was 3h at 500 ℃. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
The mass fraction of the nickel catalyst is 0.5% based on the mass of the residual oil; the mass fraction of the cerium-type catalyst promoter is 0.5%. The mass fraction of fluorine in the modified carrier is 1% based on the mass of the alumina carrier.
Comparative example 4
The residual oil raw oil, the tungsten catalyst and the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent are mixed and added into a coking device, and the reaction is carried out after the heating to the coking temperature, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction time was 3h at 500 ℃. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Based on the mass of residual oil, the mass fraction of the tungsten catalyst is 0.5%, and the mass fraction of the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%.
Comparative example 5
The residual oil raw oil, the fluorine modified tungsten catalyst and the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent are mixed and added into a coking device, and the reaction is carried out after the mixture is heated to the coking temperature, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction time was 3h at 500 ℃. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Based on the mass of residual oil, the mass fraction of the tungsten catalyst is 0.5%, and the mass fraction of the cerium catalyst auxiliary agent is 0.5%. The mass fraction of fluorine in the modified carrier is 1% based on the mass of the alumina carrier.
Comparative example 6
Mixing residual oil raw oil with a desulfurization auxiliary agent polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000 (the proportion of the desulfurization auxiliary agent is 10% of the residual oil mass), adding into a coking device, heating to a coking temperature, and reacting under the following reaction conditions: the reaction time was 3h at 500 ℃. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Desulfurization auxiliary agent composition: polyethylene glycol 6000: polyethylene glycol 8000: polyethylene glycol 10000=1: 1.3:1.
comparative example 7
The residual oil raw oil and the desulfurization auxiliary agent decalin (the desulfurization auxiliary agent proportion is 20% of the residual oil mass) are mixed and added into a coking device, and the reaction is carried out after heating to the coking temperature, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction time was 3h at 500 ℃. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
Comparative example 8
The residual oil raw oil and the desulfurization auxiliary agent stearic acid (the desulfurization auxiliary agent proportion is 20% of the residual oil mass) are mixed and added into a coking device, and the reaction is carried out after heating to the coking temperature, wherein the reaction conditions are as follows: the reaction time was 3h at 500 ℃. And (3) the generated petroleum coke is left at the bottom of the coking device, coking gas, coking gasoline and diesel oil and coking wax oil are obtained through coking gas-oil separation, and sulfur content test is carried out on the obtained coke.
TABLE 2
Examples numbering
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Sulfur content of petroleum coke, wt%
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Example 1
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2.62%
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Example 2
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2.18%
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Example 3
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2.74%
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Example 4
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2.26%
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Example 5
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2.41%
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Example 6
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2.03%
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Example 7
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2.51%
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Example 8
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2.10%
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Example 9
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3.23%
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Comparative example 1
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4.87%
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Comparative example 2
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4.81%
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Comparative example 3
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4.80%
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Comparative example 4
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4.82%
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Comparative example 5
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4.81%
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Comparative example 6
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3.36%
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Comparative example 7
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3.62%
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Comparative example 8
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3.78% |
Comparative analysis
As can be seen from the data in Table 2, the sulfur content of the petroleum coke obtained by the coking reaction with the addition of the sulfur transfer agent in all examples was less than 3wt%. The selected oil-soluble metal catalyst auxiliary agent contains rare earth metal, and because of the specificity of the electron layer structure, the oil-soluble metal catalyst auxiliary agent easily attracts lone pair electrons on sulfur atoms, so that the lone pair electrons are biased to metal, the bond energy of carbon-sulfur bonds is weakened, and meanwhile, the carrier is modified on the basis of the basic nickel/cerium catalyst, and the fluorine-containing reagent is added for modification, thereby improving the carrier Al 2 O 3 The acidity of the nickel/cerium catalyst is enhanced, the reactivity of the hydrogenolysis of the C-S bond is improved, the isoelectric point of the carrier is reduced, more active centers of hydrodesulfurization are generated, and the activity of the catalyst is improved. Meanwhile, macromolecular polymeric alcohol substances such as polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000 are added, chain scission decomposition is carried out in the thermal reaction process, the macromolecular polymeric alcohol substances are decomposed into polyalcohol substances, H free radicals are supplied to a reaction system, the H free radicals attack C-S bonds to accelerate bond scission, and meanwhile, the macromolecular polymeric alcohol substances are combined with the broken C-S bonds to generate H 2 S, the S is removed from the reaction system in a gas form, and compared with the conventional desulfurization auxiliary agent decalin and stearic acid, the thermal reaction process of the desulfurization auxiliary agent compounded by adding polyethylene glycol 6000/polyethylene glycol 8000/polyethylene glycol 10000 can be seen from examples 7 and 8 in the table, and the sulfur content of the produced petroleum coke is lower. From the tables of example 6, example 8 and comparative examples 7, comparative examples 1 and 3, it can be seen that the sulfur content of the coke produced by modifying the catalyst and adding the macromolecular polymeric alcohol material is significantly reduced, and sulfur transfer during coking is achieved.
It is apparent that the above examples are given by way of illustration only and are not limiting of the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the above teachings will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is not necessary here nor is it exhaustive of all embodiments. While still being apparent from variations or modifications that may be made by those skilled in the art are within the scope of the invention.