Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for integration of use deasphalted resid as a feed for fuels and/or lubricant base stock production with use of the corresponding deasphalter rock for gasification to generate hydrogen and/or fuel for the fuels and/or lubricant production process. The integration can include using hydrogen generated during gasification as a fuel to provide heat for solvent processing and/or using the hydrogen for hydroprocessing of deasphalted oil.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for forming lubricant base stocks from feeds such as vacuum resid or other 510° C.+ feeds. A feed can be deasphalted and then catalytically and/or solvent processed to form lubricant base stocks, including bright stocks that are resistant to haze formation.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for producing lubricant basestocks using a process flow that includes a conversion catalyst that can provide a desired improvement in viscosity index at a reduced or minimized amount of feed conversion. An initial processing stage can be used to produce a lubricant boiling range fraction with a reduced or minimized heteroatom content. After a separation, at least a portion of the lubricant boiling range portion can be exposed to a conversion catalyst that has an effective pore size of at least 8.0 Angstroms, a total surface area of at least 200 m2/g, and/or an Alpha value of 20 or less, where the conversion catalyst includes a supported Group 8-10 noble metal. The methods can allow for increased yields of high viscosity index lubricant boiling range products from a process flow for lubricant base stock and/or blend stock production.
Abstract:
A system and methods for manufacturing a base oil stock from a light hydrocarbon stream are provided. An example method includes cracking a light hydrocarbon stream to form an impure olefinic stream, separating water from the impure olefinic stream, and oligomerizing the impure olefinic stream to form a raw oligomer stream. A light olefinic stream from the raw oligomer stream and linear alpha olefins are recovered from the light olefinic stream. A heavy olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream and hydro-processed to form a hydro-processed stream. They hydro-processed stream is distilled to form the base oil stock.
Abstract:
A system and methods for manufacturing a base oil stock from a light hydrocarbon stream are provided. An example method includes cracking a light hydrocarbon stream to form an impure olefinic stream, separating water from the impure olefinic stream, and oligomerizing the impure olefinic stream to form a raw oligomer stream. A light olefinic stream from the raw oligomer stream and linear alpha olefins are recovered from the light olefinic stream. A heavy olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream and hydro-processed to form a hydro-processed stream. They hydro-processed stream is distilled to form the base oil stock.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for producing lubricant base stocks from deasphalted oils formed by sequential deasphalting. The deasphalted oil can be exposed a first deasphalting process using a first solvent that can provide a lower severity of deasphalting and a second deasphalting process using a second solvent that can provide a higher severity of deasphalting. This can result in formation of at least a deasphalted oil and a resin fraction. The resin fraction can represent a fraction that traditionally would have been included as part of a deasphalter rock fraction.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for forming lubricant base stocks from feeds such as vacuum resid or other 510° C.+ feeds. A feed can be deasphalted and then catalytically and/or solvent processed to form lubricant base stocks, including bright stocks that are resistant to haze formation.
Abstract:
Finished wax compositions with low aromatic content and high oil contents may be suitable for use in candle applications and/or food packaging and other food grade quality applications despite such high oil contents. Such wax compositions can reduce the need for wax refinement and/or post-processing, such as de-oiling, and increase the ease and efficiency of batch preparation and large volume manufacture.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for forming lubricant base stocks from feeds such as vacuum resid or other 510° C.+ feeds. A feed can be deasphalted and then catalytically and/or solvent processed to form lubricant base stocks, including bright stocks that are resistant to haze formation.