Hydrocarbon conversion

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CONVERTING HYDROCARBON OIL WHICH COMPRISES: INCLUDING PARTICLE FORM SOLID CONTACT MATERIAL INTO A CONTACTING ZONE HAVING AN UPPER SECTION COMPRISING A CENTRAL ENGAGING ZONE AND A PERIPHERAL UPPER CONVERSION ZONE AND HAVING A LOWER SECTION COMPRISING A LOWER CONVERSION ZONE SUBSTANTIALLY DIRECTLY BENEATH SAID ENGAGING ZONE; DIVIDING SAID PARTICLE FORM SOLID CONTACT MATERIAL INTO A FIRST PORTION AND A SECOND PORTION; PASSING SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL THUS INTRODUCED THROUGH SAID ENGAGING ZONE AS A FALLING STREAM; PASSING SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL THUS INTRODUCED AS A COMPACT MASS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF LIQUID-FREE CONTACT MATERIAL THROUGH SAID UPPER CONVERSION ZONE; DEFLECTING SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL, HAVING PASSED THROUGH SAID UPPER CONVERSION ZONE AND WHILE MOVING DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY AS A COMPACT MASS INTO SAID LOWER CONVERSION ZONE, TOWARD THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONTACTING ZONE; PASSING A PORTION OF THE THUS DEFLECTED CONTACT MATERIAL DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY AS A PERIPHERAL COMPACT LAYER THROUGH AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CONVERSION ZONE; REMOVING CONTACT MATERIAL DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY FROM SAID ENGAGING ZONE; PASSING CONTACT MATERIAL THUS REMOVED FROM SAID ENGAGING ZONE AS A CENTRAL COMPACT MASS DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY THROUGH AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CONVERSION ZONE; COMMINGLING IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CONVERSION ZONE SAID PORTION OF THE THUS DEFLECTED CONTACT MATERIAL AND SAID CONTACT MATERIAL THUS REMOVED FROM SAID ENGAGING ZONE; INTRODUCING ATOMIZED HYDROCARBON OIL INTO SAID ENGAGING ZONE AND INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH AT LEAST A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL; PASSING VAPORS EVOLVED FROM SAID HYDROCARBON OIL UPON CONTACT WITH CONTACT MATERIAL UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL IN SAID UPPER CONVERSION ZONE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF CONVERTING HYDROCARBON OIL WHICH COMPRISES: INCLUDING PARTICLE FORM SOLID CONTACT MATERIAL INTO A CONTACTING ZONE HAVING AN UPPER SECTION COMPRISING A CENTRAL ENGAGING ZONE AND A PERIPHERAL UPPER CONVERSION ZONE AND HAVING A LOWER SECTION COMPRISING A LOWER CONVERSION ZONE SUBSTANTIALLY DIRECTLY BENEATH SAID ENGAGING ZONE; DIVIDING SAID PARTICLE FORM SOLID CONTACT MATERIAL INTO A FIRST PORTION AND A SECOND PORTION; PASSING SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL THUS INTRODUCED THROUGH SAID ENGAGING ZONE AS A FALLING STREAM; PASSING SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL THUS INTRODUCED AS A COMPACT MASS CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF LIQUID-FREE CONTACT MATERIAL THROUGH SAID UPPER CONVERSION ZONE; DEFLECTING SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL, HAVING PASSED THROUGH SAID UPPER CONVERSION ZONE AND WHILE MOVING DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY AS A COMPACT MASS INTO SAID LOWER CONVERSION ZONE, TOWARD THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CONTACTING ZONE; PASSING A PORTION OF THE THUS DEFLECTED CONTACT MATERIAL DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY AS A PERIPHERAL COMPACT LAYER THROUGH AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CONVERSION ZONE; REMOVING CONTACT MATERIAL DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY FROM SAID ENGAGING ZONE; PASSING CONTACT MATERIAL THUS REMOVED FROM SAID ENGAGING ZONE AS A CENTRAL COMPACT MASS DOWNWARDLY BY GRAVITY THROUGH AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CONVERSION ZONE; COMMINGLING IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID LOWER CONVERSION ZONE SAID PORTION OF THE THUS DEFLECTED CONTACT MATERIAL AND SAID CONTACT MATERIAL THUS REMOVED FROM SAID ENGAGING ZONE; INTRODUCING ATOMIZED HYDROCARBON OIL INTO SAID ENGAGING ZONE AND INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH AT LEAST A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID FIRST PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL; PASSING VAPORS EVOLVED FROM SAID HYDROCARBON OIL UPON CONTACT WITH CONTACT MATERIAL UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID CONTACT MATERIAL IN SAID UPPER CONVERSION ZONE.