Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for re-refining and upgrading used oil
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Application No.: US17426223Application Date: 2020-02-05
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Publication No.: US11873463B2Publication Date: 2024-01-16
- Inventor: Gordon Driedger , Zachary Moore
- Applicant: ReGen III Corp.
- Applicant Address: CA Vancouver
- Assignee: ReGen III Corp.
- Current Assignee: ReGen III Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Vancouver
- Agency: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
- Priority: EP 155542 2019.02.05
- International Application: PCT/CA2020/050145 2020.02.05
- International Announcement: WO2020/160662A 2020.05.13
- Date entered country: 2021-07-28
- Main IPC: C10M175/00
- IPC: C10M175/00 ; C10G67/04 ; C10G67/14 ; C10M175/02

Abstract:
A method for re-refining used oils comprises contacting feedstock comprising purified used oil with extraction solvent to perform continuous liquid-liquid solvent extraction, to produce an extract stream comprising the extraction solvent and an extract dissolved in the extraction solvent. The feedstock and the extraction solvent are agitated by a variable speed agitator during the solvent extraction at a selected agitation speed. The extract is separated from the extraction solvent and subjected to a continuous flow liquid phase hydrogenation treatment to produce an oil product. A system for performing the method includes a purification unit for purifying the used oil; an extraction column for extracting the extract from the feedstock; and a continuous flow liquid phase hydrogenation unit. The extraction column comprises an agitator configured to agitate the feedstock and the extraction solvent flowing through the extraction column at a variable agitation speed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220089968A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RE-REFINING AND UPGRADING USED OIL Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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