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Title: Method for determining processability of a hydrocarbon containing feedstock

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1092940

Disclosed herein is a method involving the steps of (a) precipitating an amount of asphaltenes from a liquid sample of a first hydrocarbon-containing feedstock having solvated asphaltenes therein with one or more first solvents in a column; (b) determining one or more solubility characteristics of the precipitated asphaltenes; (c) analyzing the one or more solubility characteristics of the precipitated asphaltenes; and (d) correlating a measurement of feedstock reactivity for the first hydrocarbon-containing feedstock sample with a mathematical parameter derived from the results of analyzing the one or more solubility characteristics of the precipitated asphaltenes.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-98FT40322
Assignee:
The University of Wyoming Research Corporation (Laramie, WY)
Patent Number(s):
8,530,240
Application Number:
13/490,307
OSTI ID:
1092940
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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