摘要:
The determination of wax crystal particle size and population is used to monitor the performance of wax crystallizers used in lubricant oil processing using solvent dewaxing. The wax crystal particle size is monitored using online measurements. The information obtained from on-line monitoring is then used to control crystallization in the dewaxing equipment in order to optimize performance of the dewaxing units.
摘要:
A process for solvent dewaxing petroleum feedstock to separate crystallized wax from lubricant oil by filtration of a wax/oil/solvent mixture. The feedstock is sequentially cooled and mixed with cold polar solvent to form a wax crystal phase and oil-solvent phase, and-the oil-solvent filtrate stream is contacted with solvent permeable selective membrane at low temperature to recover an internal circulating permeate solvent stream and an oil-rich retentate stream containing dewaxed oil product and residual solvent. Improved operation is achieved by splitting the internal circulating solvent stream into a multiple cold solvent recycle streams and injecting a plurality of the cold solvent recycle streams into the waxy petroleum feedstock during sequential cooling and mixing. By initially injecting a cold recycle solvent stream in to the waxy petroleum feedstock at a small temperature differential near the wax crystallization temperature, shock cooling and excess small wax crystal formation is avoided.
摘要:
The wax-containing hydrocarbon feedstocks are pre-treated by contacting them with a homogeneous solution containing 1-5 vol. % of an acid diluted in an alcohol/water mixture (preferably containing 60-90 vol. % alcohol). The pre-treated feedstock is then contacted, in the presence of hydrogen, with at least two catalysts in sequence and with no intermediate separation, comprising at least one hydrodewaxing catalyst and one hydrocracking catalyst, to recover high-grade middle distillates.
摘要:
A process for solvent dewaxing a waxy oil feed to produce a lubricating oil by contacting a warm waxy oil feed in counter-current with a cold oil/solvent filtrate stream through a selectively permeable membrane to transfer cold solvent through the membrane to the feed and simultaneously cool the feed, dilute it with solvent and separate solvent from the cold oil/solvent filtrate stream. The cooled, diluted feed stream is then further cooled to precipitate the wax to form an oil/solvent/wax mixture which is further diluted with cold solvent and filtered to remove wax. The cold oil/solvent filtrate stream is cycled to the selectively permeable membrane for the counter-current contact with the warm waxy oil feed and, after removal of a portion of the solvent over the membrane, is sent to an oil/solvent separation operation in which the solvent is removed from the dewaxed oil.
摘要:
Solvent dewaxing of waxy hydrocarbon oils is improved by using a poly (n-C.sub.24) alkyl methacrylate polymer dewaxing aid in combination with lower melting point weight poly (C.sub.8 -C.sub.20) alkyl methacrylate polymer dewaxing aids. The solvent dewaxing processes improved using this combination dewaxing aid are the incremental and total predilution solvent type processes employing either surface chilled indirect heat exchanger means or direct chilling using cold solvent.The solvent dewaxing processes are those employing normally liquid dewaxing solvents, as exemplified by C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 ketones, such as methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone and mixtures thereof, mixtures of ketones with aromatic such as MEK/toluene, halogenated C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 hydrocarbons such as tetrachloraethane, trichloro ethylene, etc. Autorefrigerative solvent dewaxing processes employing low boiling point, normally gaseous hydrocarbons, such as propane, propylene, butane, butene and mixtures of such solvents, with the aforesaid ketones, e.g., propane/MEK, are also benefited by use of the present dewaxing aid combination.Use of the combination dewaxing aid results in an improvement in feed filter rate and liquids/solids. ratio in the dewaxing process.
摘要:
The invention relates to a process for the recovery of aliphatic hydrocarbons from a liquid hydrocarbon feedstock stream comprising aliphatic hydrocarbons, heteroatom containing polar components and optionally aromatic hydrocarbons, said process comprising the steps of: a) mixing the liquid hydrocarbon feedstock stream with a solvent resulting in a liquid mixture; b) cooling the liquid mixture obtained in step a) to a temperature in the range of from +5° C. to −30° C. to obtain wax crystals in the mixture; c) separating wax crystals from the cooled liquid mixture obtained in step b) to produce a wax comprising aliphatic hydrocarbons and a dewaxed liquid mixture comprising solvent, heteroatom containing polar components and optionally aromatic hydrocarbons; d) separating solvent from the liquid mixture obtained in step c) and optionally recycling the separated solvent to step a). Further, the present invention relates to a process for the recovery of aliphatic hydrocarbons from plastics, and to a process for steam cracking a hydrocarbon feed.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for fractionating a crude mixture comprising at least one oil and at least one wax, which comprises the following steps: (a) mixing the crude mixture with a solvent to obtain a crude solvent-mixture, (b) carrying out at least one crystallization stage with the solvent-mixture obtained in step (a) to prepare a first fraction containing dewaxed oil and a second fraction containing slack wax, (c) carrying out at least one crystallization stage with the second fraction obtained in step (b) in a layer crystallizer, wherein to the second fraction prior to the crystallization in step (c) no solvent or at most 100% by weight of solvent relative to the weight of the second fraction are added, to prepare a third fraction containing hard wax having an oil content of at most 1.5% by weight and a fourth fraction containing soft wax having an oil content of more than 1.5% by weight and (d) circulating at least a part of the fourth fraction into at least one of the at least one crystallization stage of step (b).
摘要:
The present invention relates to a lubricant composition for a process for reducing the paraffin content of mineral oil compositions, by providing a mineral oil composition with a dewaxing aid, cooling to form a paraffin precipitate and at least partly removing the paraffin precipitate formed. The dewaxing aid used is a copolymer mixture comprising at least three copolymers, the copolymers differing in the composition of the repeat units.
摘要:
Charge containing dewaxed oil and dewaxing solvent (typically methyl ethyl ketone and toluene) is treated to separate dewaxing solvent by use of a separating elastomer membrane barrier of a polysiloxane which has been cross-linked as with toluene diisocyanate, adipoyl dichloride, a dialkoxy silane, or a diacetoxy silane.
摘要:
A solvent dewaxing process is described comprising mixing a waxy hydrocarbon oil, preferably a waxy petroleum oil, most preferably a waxy lube or specialties oil, with dewaxing solvent and a dewaxing aid comprising (A) a dialkylfumarate-vinyl laurate copolymer and (B) a wax-naphthalene condensation copolymer, a dialkyl fumarate-vinyl acetate copolymer or an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and chilling the mixture to yield a slurry comprising solid particles of precipitated wax and a solution of dewaxed oil and solvent and separating said solid wax from dewaxed oil solution.