Method for maximizing the efficiency of a hydrocarbon slurry by

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1977-05-23

1979-04-17

Levine, Herbert

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137 13, 208347, 208370, 208DIG1, B65G 5300, C10G 700, F17D 117

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041497562

ABSTRACT:
The efficiency of a hydrocarbon slurry is maximized by determining the largest percent of economically pumpable distillation overhead that can be obtained from the hydrocarbon. This determination is based on the properties of the overhead as a carrier fluid in the transporting system (e.g. slurry viscosity or pumpability). Once determined, the composition of the optimum overhead is determined by the usual techniques, i.e., by gas chromatographic techniques, to determine its composition and the cut point defined in terms of the composition of the optimum overhead. The composition of the overhead is monitored during the refining process and is compared with the composition of the optimum overhead. The distillation process is then monitored and controlled accordingly to produce an overhead with the desired molecular composition. One advantage of this method is that it limits the amount of undesirable wax crystals in the overhead. The method works particularly well with waxy hydrocarbon mixtures in fractional distillation processes.

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Sachanen, "The Chemical Constituents of Petroleum" (1945), Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, N.Y. pp. 294-295.

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