DIRECT INCORPORATION OF NATURAL GAS INTO HYDROCARBON LIQUID FUELS

• Main Authors: Chong LIU, Alexander FRIDMAN, Danil DOBRYNIN, Alexander RABINOVICH, Ivan CHERNETS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 10.04.2018
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

The present invention provides a method of incorporating a gaseous hydrocarbon into a liquid hydrocarbon. The method comprises steps of exposing a gaseous hydrocarbon to non-thermal plasma generated using a reduced electric field with an E/N ratio in a range of from about 10 to about 30 Td to activate the gaseous hydrocarbon, and contacting the activated gaseous hydrocarbon with the liquid hydrocarbon to incorporate the gaseous hydrocarbon into the liquid hydrocarbon. The method provides the advantages of low energy consumption and relatively low capital expenditure. La presente invención provee un método de incorporación de un hidrocarburo gaseoso en un hidrocarburo líquido; el método comprende los pasos de exponer un hidrocarburo gaseoso a plasma no térmico generado usando un campo eléctrico reducido con una relación E/N en la escala de aproximadamente 10 a aproximadamente 30 Td para activar el hidrocarburo gaseoso, y poner en contacto el hidrocarburo gaseoso activado con el hidrocarburo líquido para incorporar el hidrocarburo gaseoso en el hidrocarburo líquido; el método provee las ventajas de bajo consumo de energía y gasto de capital relativamente bajo.