Method of treating hydrocarbon oils

Patent · Tue Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 1937

OSTI ID:7280461

Black, J C; Chappell, M L

In the process of refining petroleum oil containing paraffin wax the oil is mixed with liquefied hydrocarbon gases having a vapor pressure greater than atmospheric at ordinary atmospheric temperature. The mixture is cooled to a temperature sufficient to congeal the wax content, and the cooled mixture is treated with sulphuric acid. The cooled acid treated mixture is passed through a settling tank to thereby separate acid reaction products and high melting wax from the oil mixture by settling, and the oil mixture is passed from the settling tank to separating the remaining portion of the wax from the oil mixture.

• Assignee: Union Oil Co. of California
• Patent Number(s): US 2091624
• OSTI ID: 7280461
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 24 Apr 1933
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SEPARATION PROCESSES
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SULFURIC ACID
ALKANES
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
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