HUE062813T2 - Eljárás szénhidrogének keverékének elõállítására - Google Patents

Eljárás szénhidrogének keverékének elõállítására

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HUE062813T2
HUE062813T2 HUE19717964A HUE19717964A HUE062813T2 HU E062813 T2 HUE062813 T2 HU E062813T2 HU E19717964 A HUE19717964 A HU E19717964A HU E19717964 A HUE19717964 A HU E19717964A HU E062813 T2 HUE062813 T2 HU E062813T2
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Virpi Rämoe
Antti Ojala
Risto Vapola
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Neste Oyj
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    • C10PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10GCRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
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    • C10G9/00Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils
    • C10G9/34Thermal non-catalytic cracking, in the absence of hydrogen, of hydrocarbon oils by direct contact with inert preheated fluids, e.g. with molten metals or salts
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    • C09DCOATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR
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    • C10GCRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
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    • C10G63/00Treatment of naphtha by at least one reforming process and at least one other conversion process
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    • C10LFUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE OR UNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; FIRELIGHTERS
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  • Production Of Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixture For Refining Petroleum (AREA)
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HUE19717964A 2018-04-10 2019-04-08 Eljárás szénhidrogének keverékének elõállítására HUE062813T2 (hu)

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EP (1) EP3775104B1 (hu)
CN (1) CN111918952B (hu)
CA (1) CA3093761C (hu)
ES (1) ES2949329T3 (hu)
FI (2) FI128839B (hu)
HU (1) HUE062813T2 (hu)
PL (1) PL3775104T3 (hu)
PT (1) PT3775104T (hu)
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