PROCESS FOR THE SEPARATION OF MONOETHYLENE GLYCOL AND 1,2-BUTANEDIOL

    公开(公告)号:US20170174596A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-22

    申请号:US15300506

    申请日:2015-04-02

    CPC classification number: C07C29/82 B01D3/143 B01D3/36 C07C31/202 C07C31/207

    Abstract: The invention provides a process for separating monoethylene glycol from a mixture comprising monoethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol, said process comprising the steps of: a. providing a first stream comprising monoethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol to a first distillation zone operated at a first pressure and under conditions to remove a first bottoms stream comprising 1,2-butanediol and to remove a first azeotrope of monoethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol from the first distillation zone as a first overheads stream; b. withdrawing said first overheads stream from said first distillation zone; and c. providing said first overheads stream to a second distillation zone operated at a second pressure higher than said first pressure and under conditions to remove a second bottoms stream comprising monoethylene glycol and providing a second azeotrope of monoethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol as a second overheads stream; d. withdrawing said second overheads stream from the second distillation zone and providing it to the first distillation zone as at least a portion of the first stream comprising monoethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol, e. wherein the mixture comprising monoethylene glycol and 1,2-butanediol is initially provided to at least one of the first distillation zone and the second distillation zone.

    Pressure Variance Systems for Subsea Fluid Injection

    公开(公告)号:US20170145774A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-25

    申请号:US14952630

    申请日:2015-11-25

    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a system for injecting a fluid into a subsea hydrocarbon extraction component. The system comprises a pressure variance device including an ambient chamber and a variance chamber, the ambient chamber exposed to an external subsea environment and configured to transfer the pressure to the variance chamber via a pressure variance device piston. The system further comprises an accumulator including a fluid delivery chamber and a pressure chamber, the pressure chamber configured to receive the pressure from the variance chamber and transfer the pressure to the fluid delivery chamber via an accumulator piston. The system also comprises a control system configured to regulate injection of the fluid from the fluid delivery chamber into the hydrocarbon extraction component. In this way, the system can intensify or deintensify a hydrostatic pressure in the subsea environment to inject chemicals in the hydrocarbon extraction component at a desired pressure.

    System and Method for Installing Suction Piles

    公开(公告)号:US20170144732A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-25

    申请号:US14952668

    申请日:2015-11-25

    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a system and method for installing a tubular element, such as a suction pile, in a bottom of a body of water. The system comprises a tubular element and a deintensifier in fluid communication with the tubular element. The deintensifier is configured to be exposed to an ambient pressure external to the tubular element and reduce pressure within the tubular element. The method comprises lowering the tubular element to the bottom of the body of water, filling the tubular element with water at ambient pressure, and exposing the water within the tubular element to a deintensified external ambient pressure so as to withdraw the water out of the tubular element.

    PROCESS FOR PREPARING PURIFIED FISCHER-TROPSCH GASOIL FRACTION

    公开(公告)号:US20170088782A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US15311917

    申请日:2015-05-18

    CPC classification number: C10G25/03 C10G53/08 C10G2300/1022

    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a high purity Fischer-Tropsch gasoil fraction, comprising : a) providing a Fischer-Tropsch-derived gasoil feedstock comprising one or more contaminants; b) providing the Fischer-Tropsch-derived gasoil feedstock to a fractionation zone and fractionating the Fischer-Tropsch-derived gasoil feedstock into two or more Fischer-Tropsch gasoil fractions having a different boiling point range, wherein at least one Fischer-Tropsch gasoil fraction is a contaminant-containing Fischer- Tropsch gasoil fraction; c) providing the contaminant-containing Fischer-Tropsch gasoil fraction to an absorption zone comprising at least one absorbent material and contacting the contaminant-containing Fischer-Tropsch gasoil fraction with the absorbent material to absorb at least part of contaminant; and d) retrieving from the absorption zone a purified Fischer-Tropsch gasoil fraction, which is contaminant-depleted. The invention further provides for the use of the purified Fischer-Tropsch gasoil fraction.

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