FIELD ENHANCED SEPARATION OF HYDROCARBON FRACTIONS

• Main Authors: MCMULLAN JASON M, SZOBOTA JOHN STEPHEN, HANKS PATRICK LORING, DAAGE MICHEL, DEMARTIN GREGORY J, BAKER, JR. CHARLES LAMBERT, PRENTICE KRISTA M, ZHANG LEI, SKOULIDAS ANASTASIOS IOANNIS, GOULD RONALD M, DANDEKAR AJIT BHASKAR, COX, III X B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.07.2014
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; 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; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE

Systems and methods are provided for using field enhanced separations to produce multiple fractions from a petroleum input. A liquid thermal diffusion and/or electric field separation is used to produce the fractions. The fractions can then be used to form multiple outputs that share a first feature...