Abstract:
LUBRICATING OILS OF HIGH VISCOSITY INDES ARE PREPARED BY HYDROCRACKING AN APHALT-CONTAINING VACUUM RESIDUUM, RECOVERING A LUBE OIL FRACTION FROM THE PRODUCT AND SOLVENT REFINING THE RECOVERED LUBE OIL FRACTION.
Abstract:
In a dewaxing process wherein a wax-bearing mineral oil is diluted with a solvent mixture comprising an oil-solvent and a wax-antisolvent, the resultant oil-solvent mixture is cooled effecting separation of wax and the solvent mixture is separated from wax free oil by re-extraction. Re-extraction is effected by contacting the oil and solvent mixture with solvents for the waxantisolvent and for the oil-solvent. The dewaxed oil is subjected to a final brightening.