PROCESS OF PREPARING IMPROVED HEAVY AND EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE OIL EMULSIONS BY USE OF BIOSURFACTANTS IN WATER AND PRODUCT THEREOF

• Main Authors: BEATRIZ ZAPATA RENDON, EUGENIO ALEJANDRO FLORES OROPEZA, FLAVIO SALVADOR VAZQUEZ MORENO, LUIS MANUEL QUEJ AKE, JUAN DE LA CRUZ CLAVEL LOPEZ, MARIO RAMIREZ DE SANTIAGO, CESAR BERNAL HUICOCHEA, JORGE ARTURO ABURTO ANELL, MARIA DE LOURDES ARACELI MOSQUEIRA MONDRAGON
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 15.06.2011
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FIRELIGHTERS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIGHTING; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; MAKING THEREOF; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; WEAPONS

The present invention provides a process, which allows working with viscous petroleum referred to as "heavy and extra heavy crudes" by adding an appropriate biosurfactant to an aqueous phase containing a biosurfactant active compound. The result is the formation of a stable crude/water emulsion even with salt present therein. La presente invención proporciona un proceso que permite trabajar con un petróleo viscoso "crudos pesados y extrapesados" mediante la adición de un biotensoactivo adecuado para la fase acuosa que contiene un componente activo. El resultado es la formación de una emulsión crudo/agua estable aun en presencia de sal.