Upgrading petroleum and petroleum fractions

Patent · Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6719694

Ferguson, S; Reese, D D

A method is described for neutralizing the organic naphthenic acids acidity present in petroleum and petroleum fractions to produce a neutralization number less than 1.0 whereby they are rendered suitable as lube oil feed stocks which consists essentially of treating the petroleum and petroleum fractions with a neutralizing amount of monoethanolamine to form an amine salt with the organic acids and then heating the thus-neutralized petroleum and petroleum fractions at a temperature at least about 25/sup 0/F greater than the boiling point of water and for a time sufficient to convert the amine salts to amides.

• Assignee: Nalco Chemical Co., Naperville, IL
• Patent Number(s): US 4752381
• OSTI ID: 6719694
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 18 May 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
ORGANIC ACIDS
REDUCTION
PETROLEUM
REFINING
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
AMIDES
AMINES
BOILING POINTS
ETHANOL
HEATING
MEDIUM TEMPERATURE
PH VALUE
REMOVAL
SALTS
ALCOHOLS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCESSING
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
020400* - Petroleum- Processing
023000 - Petroleum- Properties & Composition