Abstract:
A process for heavy base oil production, comprising: a. performing an aromatic extraction of a first hydrocarbon feed to produce an aromatic extract, and a waxy raffinate; b. mixing the aromatic extract with a second hydrocarbon feed to make a mixed feed having greater than 2,000 wt ppm sulfur; c. feeding the mixed feed to a hydroprocessing unit to produce a heavy API Group II base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 70° C. from 22.6 to 100 mm2/s. An integrated refinery process unit for making heavy base oils, comprising: a. an aromatic extraction unit fluidly connected to a solvent dewaxing unit and a hydroprocessing unit; b. a first line from the aromatic extraction unit, that feeds an aromatic extract to a second hydrocarbon feed to make a mixed feed having greater than 2,000 wt ppm sulfur; and c. a connection that feeds the mixed feed to the hydroprocessing unit.
Abstract:
The present invention is a process for removing waxy haze from and improving the filterability of base stocks including heavy mineral oil base stocks, gas-to-liquids (GTL) and hydrodewaxed or hydroisomerized waxy feed basestocks by filtering the waxy haze causing particles out of the base stock employing a filter characterized by a high surface area of pores accessible to the haze wax particles which have particles dimensions of no more than about 5 microns.
Abstract:
A system and a method for extracting wax from pulp fibers and/or paper products are provided. The system and method may implement a continuous extraction vessel that can have one or more extraction stages. A single or multi-staged continuous extractor would provide solvent flow which counters the cellulosic materials within the vessel so that the solvent becomes more concentrated with the dissolved wax. This will reduce the volume of solvent necessary to achieve the same extraction efficiency and reduce the energy necessary to remove the solvent from the wax. In another embodiment, the temperature of the solvent can be increased by operating the extractor under a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to dewaxing aids comprising the mixture of two or more polyalkyl(meth)acrylates having an exothermic heat initiation temperature within the specific range when chilled at 30° C./minute rate, to be added together with the wax-containing hydrocarbon oil to the dewaxing solvent. The dewaxing aid according to the present invention can be used in the solvent dewaxing method containing the stage in which the chilling rate during the chilling is 30° C./minute or higher, is effective for heavy type wax-containing hydrocarbon oils, and is chlorine-free.
Abstract:
A process for dewaxing including the steps of mixing a waxy feedstock near its pour point with an ambient or below ambient temperature solvent essentially free of a selected cosolvent, to form a solvent/feedstock mixture, essentially free of a selected cosolvent, and subsequently adding the cosolvent to the solvent/feedstock mixture to cause instantaneous precipitation of wax on addition of cosolvent with the amount of wax precipitation being controlled by the quantity and temperature of cosolvent added. The cosolvent is essentially completely miscible with the solvent, but immiscible with the oil and wax. For example, alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol), ketones (ketene, acetone), amines, etc. The process of the present invention provides the advantages of lower solvent ratios (higher solvent recovery), higher filtration temperatures, "environmentally compatible" solvents, rapid filtration rates, and debottlenecking of existing dewaxing plants.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for changing the solvent composition in a solvent recovery system of a dewaxing apparatus, depending on the type of stock oil, by introducing a part of dry solvent into a wet solvent tank to thereby increase or decrease a concentration of MEK in the wet solvent used as a primary solvent for initially mixing with the stock oil.
Abstract:
A process for dewaxing including the steps of mixing a waxy feedstock near its pour point with an ambient or below ambient temperature solvent essentially free of a selected cosolvent, to form a solvent/feedstock mixture, essentially free of a selected cosolvent, and subsequently adding the cosolvent to the solvent/feedstock mixture to cause instantaneous precipitation of wax on addition of cosolvent with the amount of wax precipitation being controlled by the quantity and temperature of cosolvent added. The cosolvent is essentially completely miscible with the solvent, but immiscible with the oil and wax. For example, alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol), ketones (ketene, acetone), amines, etc. The process of the present invention provides the advantages of lower solvent ratios (higher solvent recovery), higher filtration temperatures, "environmentally compatible" solvents, rapid filtration rates, and debottlenecking of existing dewaxing plants.
Abstract:
For removing haze from dewaxed hydrocarbon oil mixture boiling in the lubricating oil range which is hazy, the hazy oil mixture is filtered in the filtration stage (201) of a dewaxing plant which is concurrently filtering undewaxed hydrocarbon oil mixture boiling in the lubricating oil range. Prior to filtering, the hazy dewaxed oil mixture is subjected to pretreatment (in pretreatment stage 204) such as to promote removal of haze from the dewaxed oil mixture during filtering. This pretreatment is carried out independently of the undewaxed oil mixture and can involve dilution/chilling with an oil solvent (e.g. liquid propane) and/or introduction of free excess electric charge, for example by charge injection. As an alternative to the pretreatment, the temperature conditions under which filtration takes place may be low enough to promote wax crystallization. The filtration stage may comprise a rotary drum filter (213) in which the undewaxed oil mixture is introduced into the filter vat (10), whereas the pretreated dewaxed oil mixture is sprayed onto the wax cake formed on the rotary filter drum.
Abstract:
The filtration performance of a slurry containing crystallized wax, dewaxed oil and dewaxing solvent is improved by use of an agitator means which possesses a characteristic dimension which when divided by the average wax crystal diameter yields a dimensionless number of about 1,500 or less, preferably about 1,000 or less, more preferably about 500 or less, most preferably about 250 or less. Use of an agitator means which possesses a characteristic dimension yielding a dimensionless number in the range recited above causes a reduction in the size of the vortex generated as the agitator means passes through the slurry during chilling. As a consequence, more intimate contacting of the wax particles during chilling is promoted.The needed characteristic dimension of the agitator may be obtained in any number of equally acceptable ways. Single large agitator blades can be replaced by more numerous smaller blades; large blades can be perforated, notched, etc.Any alteration which causes the agitator characteristic dimension to be reduced so that when it is divided by the average cyrstal wax size the resulting dimensionless number is about 1,500 or less in an acceptable modification.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for the solvent dewaxing of wax containing hydrocarbon oils, preferably waxy petroleum oils most preferably waxy lubricating or transformer oils. The process employs methyl tertiary butyl ether as the dewaxing solvent, either alone or in combination with other dewaxing solvents such as ketones, halogenated hydrocarbon anti-solvents, and mixtures thereof. The use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a dewaxing solvent, or in combination with conventional dewaxing anti-solvents permits lower volumes of solvent to be employed in the dewaxing process while simultaneously producing an oil of lower wax content and lower dewaxed oil pour point at the same filter temperature as that commonly employed using conventional dewaxing solvents. Dewaxed oil yields for equivalent pour point are 3 to 4% higher with the MTBE system.