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Effect of water in the formation of the carbamide-paraffin complex

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7127044

Carbamide deparaffination, which is one of the main industrial methods for producing liquid paraffins and low-congealing diesel fuels, is carried out expeditiously with crystalline carbamide in the presence of an activator-solvent (AS). As a rule, AS are organic compounds of low water content that have an active functional group and are disposed to charge transfer. Water, which must be present for efficient complex formation, intensifies the activator effect only up to a definite limit. In the literature the problem of the water effect has been interpreted mainly from the viewpoint of elucidating its influence on the yield and quantity of carbamide deparaffination products without regard for the nature of the effect. It has been shown that water increases the dipole moment in the reaction system, increases the intermolecular interaction of AS with carbamide, and favors a decrease in crystal size. In the present work the effect of water on carbamide has been defined more accurately; carbamide-water systems (mainly suspensions) have been investigated by proton magnetic resonance (PMR), nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), x-ray diffraction, and photomicrography, In the amounts used in the deparaffination of petroleum products with carbamide, water practically does not change the crystal system of carbamide, although there is limited deformation.

Research Organization:
S.M. Kirov Kazan Chemical-Engineering Inst., USSR
OSTI ID:
7127044
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 55:10; ISSN JAPUA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English