Emulsion with solid additive in hydrocarbon phase and process for preparing same
AssigneeIntevep, S.A.
InventorsIgnacio A. Layrisse, Nilia C Romero, Gustavo A. Nunez
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Abstract
A process for preparing a hydrocarbon in water emulsion includes the steps of: providing a hydrocarbon phase containing a contaminant selected from the group consisting of vanadium, sulfur, and mixtures thereof; mixing a solid additive with the hydrocarbon phase, the solid additive being selected from the group consisting of calcium compounds, magnesium compounds and mixtures thereof so as to provide a hydrocarbon suspension including the solid additive; and forming an emulsion from the hydrocarbon suspension and an aqueous phase including a surfactant so as to form a combustible hydrocarbon in water emulsion having the solid additive suspended in the hydrocarbon phase.
Claims29
A process for preparing a hydrocarbon in water emulsion, comprising the steps of:
- providing a hydrocarbon phase containing a contaminant selected from the group consisting of vanadium, sulfur, and mixtures thereof;
- mixing a solid additive with said hydrocarbon phase, said solid additive being selected from the group consisting of calcium compounds, magnesium compounds and mixtures thereof so as to provide a hydrocarbon suspension including said solid additive;
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- forming an emulsion from said hydrocarbon suspension and an aqueous phase including a surfactant so as to form a combustible hydrocarbon in water emulsion having said solid additive suspended in said hydrocarbon phase.
A combustible hydrocarbon in water emulsion comprising a hydrocarbon phase containing a contaminant selected from the group consisting of vanadium, sulfur and mixtures thereof, a water phase, a surfactant, and a solid additive suspended in the hydrocarbon phase, said solid additive being selected from the group consisting of calcium compounds, magnesium compounds and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.