Upgrading platform using alkali metals

Title: Upgrading platform using alkali metals

Abstract

A process for removing sulfur, nitrogen or metals from an oil feedstock (such as heavy oil, bitumen, shale oil, etc.) The method involves reacting the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and a radical capping substance. The alkali metal reacts with the metal, sulfur or nitrogen content to form one or more inorganic products and the radical capping substance reacts with the carbon and hydrogen content to form a hydrocarbon phase. The inorganic products may then be separated out from the hydrocarbon phase.

Inventors:: Gordon, John Howard

Issue Date:: 2014-09-09

Research Org.:: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1157577

Patent Number(s):: 8,828,221

Application Number:: 13/550,313

Assignee:: Ceramatec, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT)

DOE Contract Number:: FE0000408

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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  title        = {Upgrading platform using alkali metals},

  author       = {Gordon, John Howard},

  abstractNote = {A process for removing sulfur, nitrogen or metals from an oil feedstock (such as heavy oil, bitumen, shale oil, etc.) The method involves reacting the oil feedstock with an alkali metal and a radical capping substance. The alkali metal reacts with the metal, sulfur or nitrogen content to form one or more inorganic products and the radical capping substance reacts with the carbon and hydrogen content to form a hydrocarbon phase. The inorganic products may then be separated out from the hydrocarbon phase.},

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