US2199931A - Art of refining hydrocarbon oils - Google Patents

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US2199931A
US2199931A US554392A US55439231A US2199931A US 2199931 A US2199931 A US 2199931A US 554392 A US554392 A US 554392A US 55439231 A US55439231 A US 55439231A US 2199931 A US2199931 A US 2199931A
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G21/00—Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by extraction with selective solvents
    • C10G21/06—Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by extraction with selective solvents characterised by the solvent used
    • C10G21/12—Organic compounds only
    • C10G21/20—Nitrogen-containing compounds
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G17/00—Refining of hydrocarbon oils in the absence of hydrogen, with acids, acid-forming compounds or acid-containing liquids, e.g. acid sludge
    • C10G17/02—Refining of hydrocarbon oils in the absence of hydrogen, with acids, acid-forming compounds or acid-containing liquids, e.g. acid sludge with acids or acid-containing liquids, e.g. acid sludge
    • C10G17/04—Liquid-liquid treatment forming two immiscible phases
    • C10G17/06—Liquid-liquid treatment forming two immiscible phases using acids derived from sulfur or acid sludge thereof

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  • This invention relates to improvements in the refining of lubricating oils derived from petroleum.
  • lubricating oils I refer to oils having a viscosity upward of seconds at F. Saybolt-Universal.
  • the advantages of the invention include particularly improvement of the stability ofthe refined product and improvement of the color of the reiined product, and also include improvement o f the viscosity index of the rened product, reduction of the Conradson carbon content of the vrefined product, and improvement of the demulsiblityvof the reiined product, and, with .respect to the refining process, the advantages include particularly improved recovery of the rened oil and also include more rapid and more complete separation of the refined oil from the sludge and associated material.
  • the raw lubricating oil stock. is mixed simultaneously with nitrobenzene and with sulphuric acid, and the sludge and associated material are thereafter separated from the oil, the latter containing some dissolved nitrobenzene.
  • the treatment of the raw oil with nitrobenzene and sulphuric acid is advantageously carried out as a succession of repeated treatments.
  • the treatment, or each of the treatments, may be carried out at temperatures upwards of about 45 F., as high as 100 F. 1
  • the oil subjected to treatment may be de-waxed or partiallyde-waxed priorto treatment. If the oil subjected to treatment contains a substantial proportion of wax, separation of the sludge and associated material from the oil following the treatment or treatments isv usually promoted by effecting'the separation at higher rather than lower temperatures. Following sepa-.- ration of the sludge and associated material from the oil, after the treatment or the last of a succession of treatments, the oil is neutralized and dissolved nitrobenzene is separated therefrom.
  • a neutralization may be effected, for example, with an absorbent earth, with caustic soda, with ammonia or with lime. Neutralization of they oil by treatment with an absorbent earth is advantageous in the production of a refined oil of good color and bloom. Following separation o1.' dissolved nitrobenzene, the oil may or may not be filtered through or treated with an absorbent earth, for example.
  • Lubricating oil ⁇ distiilate from Gulf-Coast crude petroleum The raw lubricating oil stock had a viscosity of 748 secondsl at 100 F. and 61 seconds at 210 F., and a gravity of 19.3 A. P. I. This raw stock was treated in one instance with 50% by volume of nitrobenzene and 2.5 pounds per barrel of 66 B. sulphuric acid for 15-60 minutes at a temperature of 45 F. followed by separation at 45 F. in each of two successive treatments, and in another instance with 50% by volume oli'y nitrobenzene and 1.25 pounds per barrel of 66 B. sulphuric acid for 15-60 minutes at 45 F. followed by separation at 45 F. in each of four successive treatments. The refinedv products had viscosities of 458-489 seconds at 100 F. and 55-58 seconds at 210 F., and gravities of 23.0-25.3 A. P. If. l
  • Lubricating oil distillate from Gulf- Coast crude petroleum The raw lubricating oil stock had a viscosity of 318 seconds at 100 F. and 47 seconds at 210 F., and a gravity of 20.7 A.
  • P. I. 'I'his raw stock was treated with 50% by volume of nitrobenzene and 0.25 pound per barrel of 66 B. sulphuric acid for 3 minutes at 100 F. followed by separation at 45 F. in each of four successive treatments.
  • Lubricating oil 'stock from Gulf- C'oast crude petroleum
  • the raw lubricating oil stock had a viscosity of 5850 seconds at 100 F. and 147 seconds at 210 F.-
  • lubricatingbil from Pennsylvania crude petroleum
  • the lubricating oil had a viscosity of 910 seconds at 100 F and 85 secondsv at 210 F. a gravity of 27.1 A. P. I. and a Conradson carbon content of 1.012. This lubricating oil was treated with contact with a body of water.
  • the sludge and associated material may be separated'from the oil, for example, by settling or by centrifuging.
  • the separation of the sludge and associated material from the oil may be promoted by including in the sulphuric acid as supplied to the treatment a minor proportion of sodium sulphate, say 5% by weight on the acid for example.
  • the addition of water will sometimesI promote the separation of the sludge and associated material from the treated oil, and is useful where the separation is to be effected at higher rather than lower temperatures.
  • the nitrobenzene may also' be recovered for re-use from the treated oil containing dissolved nitrobenzene, for example, by chilling the oil to 'a temperature approximating 35-40" F. while superposed upon and in direct 'Ihislatter procedure is not my invention but is the invention of Arnold C. Vobach.
  • the treatment with nitrobenzene and sulphuric acid is carried out as a. succession of repeated treatments, the sludge and associated material separated from the oil in later treatments of the series maybe utilized, in some cases with appropriatevadditions of fresh nitrobenzene and/or fresh sulphuric acid, as the treating mixture in earlier treatments of the series. Usually the capacity of the treating mixture is consumed much morecompletely in the earlier treatments of such a series than in the later treatments.
  • the remaining sludge and associated material is with advantage reduced to coke to produce an oil distillate peculiarly useful as charging stock for. cracking operations intended to produce motor fuel gasoline of high anti-knock value.
  • raw lubricating oil stock which may have been dewaxed or partially de-waxed, is supplied to the 75 "aiaaosi .from the tank 5 or the tank 6, respectively, by
  • a mixture of fresh nitrobenzene and such sludge mixture may be supplied to ,the agitator 2 instead of either alone ⁇ by means of pump 3.
  • the mixture is agitated in the agitator 2 for the desired period while the desired temperature is maintained, by circulation of a heatlng medium or a cooling medium through the coil 1, and the mixture isA then pumped into one or ⁇ the other of ⁇ the settling tanks 8 and 8 by means of pump 3.
  • a separation is effected while the desired temperature is maintained, by circulation of a heating medium or a cooling medium through the coil Ill or II. From the settling tank. 8 or 9. the sludge and associated material is discharged to tank I2 by means of ⁇ pump I3.
  • the separated oil containing some dissolved nitrobenzene, is supplied to the agitator Il by means of pump I3.
  • this oil is subjected to three successive treatments with nitrobenzene and sulphuric acid, or sludge mixtures including nitrobenzene and sulphuric acid, followed by separa tion ofsludge and associated material in the agi-Y tator Il while the desired temperature is maintained by circulating a heating medium or a cooling medium through the coil I5.
  • a separationis effected in the agitator and the sludge and associated material is discharged to one of the tanks I6, 6 or I2 by means of pump I3.
  • the first separated sludge and associated material may be discharged to tank I2, the second to tank 6 and the third to tank I6.
  • the treating mixture in the first treatment carried out in the agitator Il may consist entirely or largely of a sludge mixture from tank I6.
  • the treated oil is discharged to ,the stock tank I1 by means of pump I3.
  • This partially refined lubricating oil stock may be subjected to any desired further treatment, including of course separation of dissolved nitrobenzene.
  • the arrangement of apparatus illustrated provides for treatment of this partiallyreflned lubricating oil stock with an absorbent earth both before and after a steam distillation for the recovery of nitrobenzene.
  • successive charges 4of partially refined lubricating oil stock from the stock tank I1 are supplied to the agitator I8 by means of pump I3.
  • an appropriatel amount of. an absorbent 'earth is supplied from the hopper 26.
  • the mixture is agitated in thev agitator I3. for the desired period while the desired temperature is maintained, bycirculation of a heatingrnediumy through jacket 2I, and the mixture is'then pumped through the filter press 22 by means of pump 23.
  • the oil separated from f the earth in the lter press 2,2 is discharged to the stock tank 2
  • This stock is supplied 'to the steam still 26 by means of pump 21 'in-,which still dissolved nitrobenzene p is separated from' the on by distillation.
  • the thus recovered nitrobenzene is returned to the tank' 5 by means of pump 28.
  • the oil remaining undis- -tilled following separation of the nitrobenzene 7.a may be pumped through one or the other of the percolation -filters 23 and 3II by means of pump 3I to the stock tank '32.
  • 'I'he filters 29 and 30 are charged, for example, with an absorbent earth.
  • the 'I'he treatment of the partially refined lubricating oil stock in the agitator I8 may consist, for example, of agitation 'for 5 minutes at a temperature of 150 F. with 5% by weight of Olmstead earth.
  • a similar treatment, followed by separation-of the earth, may be applied to the oil following separation of nitrobenzene in the still 26 instead of percolation filtration. vEither or both of these treatments with earth may also be carried out at higher temperatures.
  • the oil may be mixed with 5% of Olmstead earth and the mixture maintained at a temperature of 40o-500 F. for 30minutes.
  • Such high temperature earth treatment of the partially refined lubricating oil stock is not my invention but is the invention of Arnold C. Vobach.
  • the arrangement of apparatus illustrated provides for recovery of nitrobenzene from the sludge and associated material separated following the treatment or treatments of the oil stock with nitrobenzene and sulphuric acid by neutralizationwith lime followed by a steam distillation, and for recovery of the oil content of the remaining sludge mixture by reduction to coke.
  • Successive charges of sludge mixture from the tank I2 are supplied to the agitator 33 by means of pump 34. With each charge an amount of lime required to neutralize the charge is supplied from the hopper 35. The neutralized mixture is pumped to the steam still 36 by means of pump 31.
  • Nitrobenzene separated from the sludge mixture by distillation in the still 36 is returned to tank 5 by means of pump 38.'
  • the residual mixitil ture vfrom the steam still 36 is reduced to coke ⁇ in x other and'with respect to the lubricating oil stock being treated, of the nitrobenzene and sulphuric acid simultaneously used in the combined treatment and the concentration of the sulphuric acid, may vary within wide limits. In general, acid concentrations in the rangel9398% H2SO4 are advantageous although more or less concentrated acid may be used.
  • the total volume ofA nitrobenzene used may vary from less than to more than 400% by volume on the oil.
  • the emciency of the roperation is usually improved' if the combined nitrobenzene and the sulphuric acid treatment is carriedv out as a succession of repeated treatments,l particularly when sludge and associated material separated from the oil in later treatments of the series is utilized as the treating mixture in earlier treatments of the series.
  • the proportions of nitrobenzene and sulphuric acid and the concentration of the acid may be varied from'step ,y to step in such successive treatments.
  • the proportion of sulphuric acid used in eachtreatment may vary, for example, from about 0.1 pound per barrel to as much as l0 pounds or more per barrel of oil treated. f

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US2902430A (en) * 1955-02-21 1959-09-01 Exxon Research Engineering Co Removal of metal contaminants from catalytic cracking feed stocks with sulfuric acid
US2990362A (en) * 1957-01-28 1961-06-27 Sinclair Refining Co Process of denitrogenating and dewaxing a lubricating oil extract

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US2902430A (en) * 1955-02-21 1959-09-01 Exxon Research Engineering Co Removal of metal contaminants from catalytic cracking feed stocks with sulfuric acid
US2990362A (en) * 1957-01-28 1961-06-27 Sinclair Refining Co Process of denitrogenating and dewaxing a lubricating oil extract

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