Upgrading of petroleum oil feedstocks using alkali metals and hydrocarbons
원문보기
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C10G-017/00
C10G-050/00
C25C-001/22
C10G-029/04
출원번호
US-0916984
(2010-11-01)
등록번호
US-8828220
(2014-09-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Gordon, John Howard
출원인 / 주소
Ceramatec, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Fonda, David
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
4인용 특허 :
18
초록▼
A method of upgrading an oil feedstock by removing heteroatoms and/or one or more heavy metals from the oil feedstock composition. This method reacts the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and an upgradant hydrocarbon. The alkali metal reacts with a portion of the heteroatoms and/or one or more heav
A method of upgrading an oil feedstock by removing heteroatoms and/or one or more heavy metals from the oil feedstock composition. This method reacts the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and an upgradant hydrocarbon. The alkali metal reacts with a portion of the heteroatoms and/or one or more heavy metals to form an inorganic phase separable from the organic oil feedstock material. The upgradant hydrocarbon bonds to the oil feedstock material and increases the number of carbon atoms in the product. This increase in the number of carbon atoms of the product increases the energy value of the resulting oil feedstock.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of upgrading an oil feedstock comprising: obtaining a quantity of an oil feedstock, the oil feedstock comprising at least one carbon atom and a heteroatom and/or one or more heavy metals;reacting the quantity of the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and an upgradant hydrocarbon, wherein
1. A method of upgrading an oil feedstock comprising: obtaining a quantity of an oil feedstock, the oil feedstock comprising at least one carbon atom and a heteroatom and/or one or more heavy metals;reacting the quantity of the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and an upgradant hydrocarbon, wherein the upgradant hydrocarbon comprises at least one carbon atom and at least one hydrogen atom, wherein the alkali metal reacts with the heteroatom and/or the one or more heavy metals to form one or more inorganic products, wherein the upgradant hydrocarbon reacts with the oil feedstock to produce an upgraded oil feedstock, wherein the number of carbon atoms in the upgraded oil feedstock is greater than the number of carbon atoms in the oil feedstock; andseparating the inorganic products from the upgraded oil feedstock. 2. The method as in claim 1, wherein the alkali metal comprises lithium, sodium and/or alloys thereof. 3. The method as in claim 1, wherein the upgradant hydrocarbon comprises natural gas, shale gas and/or mixtures thereof. 4. The method as in claim 1, wherein the upgradant hydrocarbon comprises methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, ethene, propene, butene, pentene, dienes, isomers of the forgoing, and/or mixtures thereof. 5. The method as in claim 1, wherein the reacting occurs at a pressure greater than about 250 psi. 6. The method as in claim 1, wherein the reacting occurs at a pressure less than about 2500 psi. 7. The method as in claim 1, wherein the reaction occurs at a temperature greater than about room temperature. 8. The method as in claim 1, wherein the reaction occurs at a temperature less than about 450° C. 9. The method as in claim 6, wherein the reaction occurs at a temperature that is greater than the melting point of the alkali metal but is lower than 450° C. 10. The method as in claim 1, wherein a catalyst is used in the reaction, wherein the catalyst is comprised of molybdenum, nickel, cobalt or alloys thereof, molybdenum oxide, nickel oxide or cobalt oxides and combinations thereof. 11. The method as in claim 1, wherein separation occurs in a separator, wherein the inorganic products form a phase that is separable from an organic phase that comprises the upgraded oil feedstock. 12. The method as in claim 11, further comprising adding a flux to the separator. 13. The method as in claim 1, wherein the reaction among the quantity of the oil feedstock, the alkali metal, and the upgradant hydrocarbon molecule does not use hydrogen gas. 14. The method as in claim 1, wherein a ratio of hydrogen to carbon in the upgraded oil feedstock is greater than a ratio of hydrogen to carbon in the oil feedstock. 15. The method as in claim 1, wherein the upgraded oil feedstock has a greater energy value than the oil feedstock. 16. The method as in claim 1, wherein a heteroatom to carbon ratio of the upgraded oil feedstock is less than a heteroatom to carbon ratio of the oil feedstock. 17. The method as in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises regenerating the alkali metal from the inorganic products.
연구과제 타임라인
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
이 특허에 인용된 특허 (18)
Schrader Darren E., Apparatus and system for securing cargo.
Brons Glen B. (Phillipsburg NJ) Myers Ronald (Calgary CAX) Bearden ; Jr. Roby (Baton Rouge LA), Continuous in-situ combination process for upgrading heavy oil.
Brons Glen ; Myers Ronald Damian,CAX ; Bearden ; Jr. Roby ; MacLeod John Brenton,CAX, Process for desulfurization of petroleum feeds utilizing sodium metal.
Weisbeck, Markus; Schild, Christoph; Wegener, Gerhard; Wiessmeier, Georg, Surface-modified mixed oxides containing precious metal and titanium, for the selective oxidation of hydrocarbons.
Gordon, John Howard; Alvare, Javier, Device and method for upgrading petroleum feedstocks and petroleum refinery streams using an alkali metal conductive membrane.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.