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US 9,162,944 B2Granted
Systems and methods for conditioning synthetic crude oil
AssigneeAgilyx Corporation
InventorsJames Michael Bennett, Kevin Clark DeWhitt
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Abstract
Systems and methods for conditioning synthetic crude oils are provided herein. The systems and methods described herein subject the synthetic crude to one or more process solutions to provide conditioned synthetic crude exhibiting, for example, a reduced TAN.
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A method for conditioning synthetic crude oil, the method comprising:
- providing synthetic crude oil obtained by pyrolysis of one or more materials selected from polymer, plastic, and rubber materials;
- providing an aqueous process solution, wherein the aqueous process solution is a caustic process solution and exhibits a pH of between about 8 and about 10;
- mixing a first volume of the synthetic crude oil with a second volume of the process solution, wherein the first volume of the synthetic crude oil is less than the second volume of process solution;
- delivering the mixture of the first and second volumes to a separator where conditioned synthetic crude oil is extracted from the mixture;
- and
- collecting the conditioned synthetic crude oil from the separator.
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A method for conditioning synthetic crude oil, the method comprising:
- providing synthetic crude oil obtained by pyrolysis of one or more materials selected from polymer, plastic, and rubber materials;
- filtering the synthetic crude oil by passage of the synthetic crude oil through a filter media capable of capturing solid particulate material entrained within the synthetic crude oil;
- determining a first volume of synthetic crude oil to be delivered to a mixer;
- calculating a second volume of process solution to be delivered to the mixer based on the first volume of synthetic crude oil, wherein the aqueous process solution is a caustic process solution and exhibits a pH of between about 8 and about 10, and wherein the first volume of synthetic crude oil is less than the second volume of process solution;
- after filtering the synthetic crude oil, mixing the first volume of synthetic crude oil with the second volume of process solution;
- delivering the mixture of the first and second volumes to a separator wherein conditioned synthetic crude oil is extracted from the mixture;
- and
- collecting the conditioned synthetic crude oil from the separator.
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