Abstract:
The present invention describes a process for producing middle distillates from a paraffinic feed produced by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and divided into two fractions, a light fraction, termed the cold condensate, and a heavy fraction, termed the waxes, comprising a) fractionating said cold condensate fraction into a gaseous C4− fraction and an intermediate fraction with an initial boiling point in the range 15° C. to 40° C. and an end point in the range 300° C. to 450° C.; b) passing the intermediate fraction over at least one ion exchange resin; eliminating at least a portion of the water from the effluent derived from step b); decontaminating said heavy fraction termed the waxes by passage over a guard bed; recombining the purified intermediate fraction and the effluent derived from step d) to obtain a purified C5+ fraction; f) hydrogenating the unsaturated compounds of the purified C5+ fraction; g) hydroisomerization/hydrocracking of the effluent derived from step f); h) separating and recycling unreacted hydrogen and light gases to the hydroisomerization/hydrocracking step; and distilling the effluent derived from step h).
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of copolymers which can be obtained by the polymerization of monomers (A) and (B), (A) being a monomer of formula (I), wherein A represents a C2 to C4 alkylene group, B represents a C2 to C4 alkylene group different from A, R represents hydrogen or methyl, m is a number from 1 to 500, and n is a number from 1 to 500, and (B) being an ethylenically unsaturated monomer which contains an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, for demulsifying oil/water emulsions in amounts of 0.0001 to 5% by weight, based on the oil content of the emulsion to be demulsified.
Abstract:
A system for treating recovered fluids in-line that includes a thermal reactor for separating contaminated drill cuttings into drill cuttings and contaminants by applying heat to the contaminated drill cuttings so as to vaporize contaminants from the contaminated drill cuttings; a first condenser in fluid connection with the thermal reactor for condensing the vaporized contaminants; a separator in fluid connection with the first condenser for separating the condensed vapors into an oleaginous liquid and an aqueous liquid, wherein at least a portion of one of the aqueous liquid and oleaginous liquid is fed back into the first condenser via a feedback line; and an ozone generator operatively coupled to the feedback line, wherein at least the portion of the fed back liquid is ozonated by the ozone generator and fed into the condenser is disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock that utilizes a short residence pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that cracks and chemically upgrades the feedstock. The process of the present invention provides for the preparation of a partially upgraded feedstock exhibiting reduced viscosity and increased API gravity. This process selectively removes metals, salts, water and nitrogen from the feedstock, while at the same time maximizes the yield of the liquid product, and minimizes coke and gas production. Furthermore, this process reduces the viscosity of the feedstock in order to permit pipeline transport, if desired, of the upgraded feedstock with little or no addition of diluents. The method for upgrading a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock comprises introducing a particulate heat carrier into an upflow reactor, introducing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock into the upflow reactor at a location above that of the particulate heat carrier so that a loading ratio of the particulate heat carrier to feedstock is from about 15:1 to about 200:1, allowing the heavy hydrocarbon feedstock to interact with the heat carrier with a residence time of less than about 1 second, to produce a product stream, separating the product stream from the particulate heat carrier, regenerating the particulate heat carrier, and collecting a gaseous and liquid product from the product stream. This invention also pertains to the products produced by the method.
Abstract:
An improved method is provided for removing contaminants from a hydrocarbon stream, such as a stream of raw natural gas. The contaminated hydrocarbon stream is passed through a first adsorbent bed containing molecular sieves to adsorb contaminants on the molecular sieves, thereby removing at least some of the contaminants from the hydrocarbon stream. The contaminated hydrocarbon stream may optionally be passed through a second adsorbent bed containing a desiccant material other than molecular sieves. The molecular sieves are regenerated using a wet regeneration process in which both the water content and temperature of the regeneration fluid stream are staged. The molecular sieves and the desiccant material can also be regenerated by contacting the desiccant material with a regeneration fluid stream comprising water to adsorb at least a portion of the water onto the desiccant material, thereby forming a regeneration fluid stream that is at least partially dried and in contact with a desiccant material that is at least partially hydrated. The hydrated desiccant material is heated to release adsorbed water into the partially dried regeneration fluid stream while such regeneration fluid stream is passed through the molecular sieves to desorb and remove at least a portion of the contaminants adsorbed on the molecular sieves. A method for producing liquefied natural gas employing such improved method is also disclosed.
Abstract:
An amine solvent solution that is useful in absorbing acid gases from a liquid or gas feed stream may have an amine additive added thereto. Additionally or alternatively, the amine additive may be added to a liquid or gas feed stream. The addition of the amine additive decreases the presence of amine-derived contaminants and/or degradation of amine in the amine solvent solution. As such, the amine solvent solution is available for effective reuse in treating the liquid or gas feed stream and there may be a decrease in the corrosion within an amine treating system.
Abstract:
The method of inflammable minerals liquefaction is related to the technology of producing synthetic liquid fuel and can be applied to the processing of any kinds of fossil power-generating raw materials into various inflammable liquid products. The object of the present invention is to ensure a complex utilization of the initial power-generating raw material, to intensify its processing, to decrease the power consumption of synthetic liquid fuel production and to weaken the harmful impact of the technological process on the natural environment. The method includes initial raw material milling, its hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst and separation of non-liquefied solid residue from synthetic oil. However, milling of the initial raw material is carried out in two stages in an aqueous solution of mineral salts catalyzing hydrogenation, which is saturated to an intermediate density between those of inflammable mineral and waste rock. In the course of milling accompanied by the release of methane into gaseous phase, which is capped for its further utilization, inflammable minerals floating to the surface from the milling zone are separated from non-inflammable impurities. A suspension of the light product of the first milling stage is heated and fed to the second milling stage. The light product of the second milling stage is squeezed from excessive liquid phase, mixed with hot paste-forming agent, diluted with an organic diluent, ground to the colloidal size and fed to hydrogenation. After that, the remaining non-liquefied residue is washed with an organic diluent, dried and mixed with dehydrated heavy product of the first milling stage. The obtained mixture is washed with water and withdrawn from the process, whereas the remaining washing water discharge is evaporated and returned to the first milling stage. Meanwhile, the heavy product of the second milling stage is dehydrated, cooled and returned to the starting point of the process. Zinc and tin chlorides, iron sulfates, ammonium molybdates and their various mixtures can be used for preparing the solution, in which the initial raw material is milled, whereas various compositions containing tetraline, anthracene oil, methyl naphthaline and cresol can be used as paste-forming agents. Isopropyl alcohol can be used as a paste diluent, and light petroleum as an organic diluent.
Abstract:
Processes and systems for stabilization and subsequent hydrogenation of an immiscible olefin are described. In certain embodiments, the hydrogenation is conducted in a fixed bed reactor in presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.
Abstract:
A method for reducing halide concentration in a hydrocarbon product having an organic halide content which is made by a hydrocarbon conversion process using a halogen-containing acidic ionic liquid catalyst comprising contacting at least a portion of the hydrocarbon product with an aqueous caustic solution under conditions to reduce the halide concentration in the hydrocarbon product is disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for separating and recovering ultrafine particulate solid material from a suspension or slurry of the solid material and a hydrocarbon liquid by precipitation or flocculation of a heavy fraction of the hydrocarbon liquid with an effective amount of a precipitation or flocculation agent such that the precipitated heavy fraction encapsulates the particulate solid material. The method further comprises coking the precipitated heavy fraction and grinding the coked product to an ultrafine size.