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• This invention is a method of clarifying oily wastewater using dendritic polyamines, dendritic polyamidoamines or hyperbranched polyethyleneimines or functionalized derivatives thereof.
• Oily wastewaters containing emulsified hydrocarbons are produced in various industries including the steel and aluminum industries, chemical processing industry, automotive industry,- laundry industry and crude oil recovery and refining industries.
• Typical emulsified hydrocarbons include lubricants, cutting fluids, tars, grease, crude oils, diesel oils, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, and the like.
• the emulsified hydrocarbon in the water is typically present in the range of tens to thousands of ppm. This residual hydrocarbon must be removed prior to discharge of the water to the environment or reuse of the water in the industrial process. Ih addition to ecological concerns and governmental regulations, efficient removal of emulsified hydrocarbons is also vital for economic reasons as use of water containing emulsified oil in industrial processes eventually results in decreased production and increased operational costs for the industry involved.
• One of the most effective methods of removing the emulsified oil is through the use of water clarifiers.
• dry polymers, solution polymers, water-soluble dispersion polymers, inverse emulsion latexes and metal ions have been used to treat the produced water. Each material has its own advantages and disadvantages. Dry polymers have the benefit of reduced shipment cost (less volume due to the lack of the solvent) but for the same reason they require special equipment in order to dissolve them prior to use in the field.
• Latex polymer's performance is quite superior and they are used frequently; however, they have their own set of problems. They have a narrow treating range often resulting in over-treatment, and they have to be inverted prior to use. Therefore, like dry polymers they require special equipment in the oil field. This equipment is very often unavailable, and the use of uninverted products may cause a lot of plugging problems in the feeding system.
• Solution polymers are often very diluted due to their limited solubility. They are also usually unable to flocculate the dispersed oil, thus requiring another chemical (either latex or dispersion polymer) to accomplish this. Thus, they are used to break reverse emulsions in the field, while the second, “finishing product", is added in the final stages of water clarification. Metal ions, such as Fe 3+ , Zn 2+ , Al 3+ , etc. have been used to break reverse emulsion for a long time, but recent government regulations have restricted their levels in discharged streams. Although effective at breaking reverse emulsions, they also require another chemical to flocculate the oil.
• Dispersion polymers offer solutions to some of these problems, but they are not totally problem- free either. Though water soluble, their very high molecular weight and associated with this viscosity changes upon dilution require very sophisticated feeding system, which often hinders their application in me field.
• This invention is a method of clarifying oily waste water comprising adding to the waste water an effective clarifying amount of one or more demulsif ⁇ ers selected from the group consisting of dendritic polyamines, dendritic polyamidoamines and hyperbranched polyethyleneimines and the reaction products thereof with gluconolactone, alkylene oxides, salts of 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid, alkyl halides, benzyl halides and dialkyl sulfates.
• demulsif ⁇ ers selected from the group consisting of dendritic polyamines, dendritic polyamidoamines and hyperbranched polyethyleneimines and the reaction products thereof with gluconolactone, alkylene oxides, salts of 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid, alkyl halides, benzyl halides and dialkyl sulfates.
• Suitable demulsif ⁇ ers for use in the method of this invention include water- and oil-soluble dendritic polyamines, dendritic polyamidoamines and hyperbranched polyethyleneimines and derivatives thereof formed by reacting the dendritic polyamines, dendritic polyamidoamines and hyperbranched polyethyleneimines with gluconolactone, alkylene oxides, salts of 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid, alkyl halides, benzyl halides or dialkyl sulfates.
• the polyalkyleneimine has a molecular weight of about 300 to about 5,000,000 Daltons.
• the polyalkyleneimine is a dendritic polyamine of formula
• Ri and R 2 are independently selected at each occurrence from H and -(CH 2 CH 2 NH) 1n -H wherein m is 1 to about 4.
• Dendritic polyamines are typically prepared by reaction of diaminobutane with acrylonitrile followed by hydrogenation. Dendritic polyamines are commercially available from various sources including Aldrich, Milwaukee, WI under the trade name DAB-AM and DSM, Geleen, The Netherlands, under the trade name Astramol.
• the dendritic polyamine has a molecular weight of about 300 to about 4,000 Daltons.
• Representative dendritic polyamines according to this embodiment include DAB-Am-4
• the polyalkyleneimine is a dendritic polyamidoamine of formula
• R 3 is independently selected at each occurrence from OH and a group of formula -NCH 2 CH 2 N(R 4 ) Z wherein R 4 is independently selected at each occurrence from H and a group of formula -CH 2 CH 2 CO 2 R 6 wherein R 5 is H or a group of formula -NCH 2 CH 2 N(R 7 ) 2 wherein R 7 is independently selected at each occurrence from H and a group of formula -CH 2 CHaCO 2 Rs wherein R 8 is independently selected at each occurrence from H and a group of formula -NCH 2 CH 2 NH 2 .
• Dendritic polyamidoamines may be prepared by Michael addition of ethylenediamine to methyl acrylate followed by the amidation of the initial tetraester with ethylenediamine. The sequence of reaction with methyl acrylate and then ethylenediamine is repeated until the desired molecular weight is obtained. Dendritic polyamidoamines are also commercially available, for example from Dendritech, Midland, MI under the trade name Starburst.
• the dendritic polyamidoamine has a molecular weight of about 296 to about 4,000.
• Representative dendritic polyamidoamines according to this embodiment include Starburst Gen.
• the polylakyleneimine is a hyperbranched polyethyleneimine of formula
• the hyperbranched polyethyleneimine has a molecular weight of about 800 to about 2,000,000 Daltons.
• Suitable hyperbranched polyethyleneimines may be prepared by catalytic ring opening polymerization of ethyleneimine (aziridine) as described in WO 97/21760.
• Hyperbranched polyethyleneimines are also commercially available from BASF, Milwaukee, WI, under the trade name
• Hyperbranched polyethyleneimines include Lupasol FG (MW 800), Lupasol G20
• the dendritic polyamine, dendritic polyamidoamine or hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is functionalized by reaction with one or more alkylating agents selected from alkyl halides, benzyl halides and dialkyl sulfates.
• alkyl means a straight or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon having one to about 4 carbon atoms.
• Benzyl means a group of formula C 6 PL t CH 2 - in which one or more of the aromatic hydrogen atoms are optionally replaced with an alkyl, alkoxy, halogen or haloalkyl group.
• Dialkyl sulfate means a group of formula (R 1 O) 2 SO 2 wherein R is alkyl.
• halide and "halo" mean Br, Cl, F or I.
• alkyl halides, benzyl halides and dialkyl sulfates are selected from the group consisting of methyl halide, benzyl halide and dimethyl sulfate.
• a 50 percent aqueous solution of the dendritic polyamine, dendritic polyamidoamine or hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is heated with a slight excess of alkylating agent at reflux for about 2 hours.
• the mixture is then cooled to ambient temperature and diluted with water to the desired concentration, generally about 50 percent polymer actives.
• Representative alkylated derivatives, also commonly referred to as "quaternized” derivatives or “quats" are shown in Table 1.
• the dendritic polyamine, dendritic polyamidoamine or hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is functionalized by reaction with gluconolactone.
• the dendritic polyamine, dendritic polyamidoamine or hyperbranched polyethyleneimine has a molecular weight of about 300 to about 7,000 Daltons.
• the dendritic polyamine, dendritic polyamidoamine or hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is dissolved in DMSO and about a 10-fold excess of gluconolactone is added slowly with stirring under an argon purge. The mixture is then gently warmed to about 40 °C and left overnight under an argon atmosphere. The mixture is then poured into isopropanol to form a semi-liquid residual that settles on the bottom of the flask. The material is washed repeatedly with methanol to yield the gluconolactone-capped derivative as a thick and viscous gold taffy-like material. Representative gluconolactone-capped derivatives are shown in Table 2.
• the dendritic polyamine, dendritic polyamidoamine or hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is functionalized by reaction with 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid or a salt thereof.
• polyalkyleneimine and about 70 to about 300 percent by mass relative to polyalkyleneimine of l-chloro-2-hydroxy-3-sulfonic acid sodium salt are dissolved in water at about 20 to 40 percent actives.
• the mixture is stirred by mechanical shaker or overhead stirrer until the reaction pH stabilizes, which generally requires about 72 hours at ambient temperature or about 4 hours at reflux.
• the pH typically drops from 2 to 3 units depending on the amount of alkylation achieved.
• the polyalkyleneimine is a hyperbranched polyethyleneimine.
• the dendritic polyamine, dendritic polyamidoamine or hyperbranched polyetliyleneimine is functionalized by reaction with one or more alkylene oxides to form the hydroxyalkylated derivative.
• the hydroxyalkylated derivative may be prepared by heating an aqueous solution of dendritic polyamine, dendritic polyamidoamine or hyperbranched polyethyleneimine with the desired amount of alkylene oxide at a temperature of about 80 0 C to about 135 0 C, optionally in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst such as sodium methoxide, potassium tert-butoxide, potassium or sodium hydroxide, and the like.
• an alkali metal catalyst such as sodium methoxide, potassium tert-butoxide, potassium or sodium hydroxide, and the like.
• the reaction may be conducted in a pressure vessel or with continuous removal of water. Alternatively, the reaction may be conducted in multiple stages where a portion of the alkylene oxide is added and allowed to react, followed by a second portion of alkylene oxide and additional base as necessary. If desired, water may be removed from the reaction mixture by distillation between the stages. Procedures for the hydroxyalkylation of polyalkyleneimines are described in detail in U.S. Patent No. 5,445,767 and WO 97/27879, incorporated herein by reference.
• Alkylene oxides useful for preparing the hydroxyalkylated polyethyleneimines of this invention have formula
• RHC-CH 2 where R is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl.
• Representative alkyleneoxides include ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene5 oxide, and the like.
• the alkylene oxides are selected from ethylene oxide and propylene oxide.
• a hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is functionalized by reaction with ethylene oxide and optionally propylene oxide.
• the hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is functionalized by reaction with about 1 to about 85 molar equivalents of ethylene oxide per ethylene unit in the polyethyleneimine.
• the hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is functionalized by reaction with about 5 to about 85 molar equivalents of ethylene oxide and about 5 to about 85 molar equivalents of propylene oxide per ethylene unit in the polyethyleneimine.
• the hyperbranched polyethyleneimine is reacted first with the propylene oxide and subsequently with the ethylene oxide.
• the hyperbranched polyethylene is functionalized by reaction with about 5 to about 25 molar equivalents of ethylene oxide and about 85 to about 98 molar equivalents of propylene oxide per ethylene unit in the polyethyleneimine.
• Suitable commercial oxyalkylated polyethyleneimines include Lupasol SC-61B, available from BASF and Kemelix 3550 X, 3423 X, 3546 X, D600 and 3582X available from Uniquema, New Castle, DE.
• the demulsifier of this invention is used for clarifying oil field produced water.
• This method is very widely used and referred to as secondary oil recovery.
• the produced fluids consist of emulsified water and oil.
• efficient separation processes and chemicals are used.
• some oil remains emulsified in the produced water. This remaining oil must be removed before the water is injected back to the reservoir, discharged into environment, or directed to steam generators.
• a demulsifier according to this invention is typically added to the produced water as an aqueous solution having a concentration of about 5 to about 90 weight percent.
• Alcohols such as methanol and/or glycols may also be added to the composition to improve its handling characteristics at low temperatures.
• Typical dosage ranges for clarifying produced water are about 0.5 to about 20 ppm of demulsifier, although a dosage as high as about 100 ppm may be required in certain applications.
• the demulsifier of this invention does not over-treat easily, like latexes or dispersion polymers, and because of its excellent solubility it does not precipitate out of the solutions like metal ion compositions.
• the demulsifier helps the emulsified oil to separate from the water and float to the surface of the water as a floe. This floe is subsequently removed from the surface of the water by conventional means including skimming, decanting, filtering, and the like and the clean water can be reused or discharged into environment.
• the demulsifier of this invention is used for clarifying petrochemical industry wastewater.
• water is used in the quench column (tower) to cool the gas leaving primary distillation tower (primary fractionator).
• primary distillation tower primary fractionator
• hot quench water is separated from condensed hydrocarbons and sent back to a dilution steam generator, while the oil is returned to the system.
• the oil and water are emulsified, the residual oil can foul the dilution steam system and cause fouling problems downstream.
• the phases must also be separated rapidly due to short system retention times. This separation occurs readily in the presence of the hydroxyalkylated polyethyleneimine of this invention.
• the treating efficiency of representative demulsifiers according to this invention is evaluated on- site at several locations in the United States and Canada. In all tests, a process sample is collected and used within 30 minutes. Each process sample is divided into 50 mL aliquots and these aliquots are placed into six-ounce bottles. One six-ounce bottle is left untreated and the other bottles are dosed with the target dosage of the product being tested. Each test site compares representative demulsifiers of this invention with current emulsion breakers.
• the current emulsion breakers tested include, all available fromNalco Company, Naperville, IL: a) Commercial I - solution polymers such as dimethylamine-epichlorohydrin (DMAEM)- ammonia terpolymer or DMAEM homopolymers; b) Commercial II - dispersion polymers such as quaternary ammonium salts prepared by reaction of benzyl chloride with dimethylaminoethyl acrylates. c) Commercial IE - latex polymers - such as diallyldimethylammonium chloride/acrylamide latex polymers.
• DMAEM dimethylamine-epichlorohydrin
• demulsifiers of this invention exhibit similar performance to current commercial treatments.
• the demulsifiers have similar efficiency at the low and high dosage (low risk of over treatment) and good clarifying properties. When combined with ease of application, they present a clear advantage over currently available treatments.
• Tables 4 and 5 show how closely demulsifiers of this invention follow the performance pattern of the two widely used commercial products. They show similar versatility and efficiency over a wide range of dosages and times.
• the chief advantage of the demulsifiers of this invention arises from their compatibility with treated waters. Their substantial water miscibility makes them easy to apply and difficult to precipitate in treated streams.
• Example 2
• One bottle is left untreated and the other bottles are dosed with the target dosage of the product being tested.
• Each bottle contains a unique chemical. Readings are recorded after each series of shakes until clear water is observed in some bottles, typically at least three series of shakes.
• Water in the bottles is compared within the set and graded on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 represents a fully opaque blank sample at the beginning of the test, while 10 is assigned to clear water through which one could read.
• Representative demulsifiers of this invention are compared to the current commercial chemical used at the particular site and also to the series of chosen standards.
• the standards consist of commonly used water clarifiers representing major chemistries available. They included following products, all available from Nalco Company, Naperville, IL: d) metal ions - Commercial IV; e) solution polymer - Commercial V; f) dispersion polymers - Commercial VI; and g) latex polymers - Commercial VII.

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