METHOD FOR TREATING HEAVY CRUDE OIL USING LIQUEFIED HYDROCARBON OIL AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING HEAVY CRUDE OIL USING SAME

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Figure 1 shows a liquid hydrocarbon fraction in accordance with one embodiment there has error represented by heavy oil using enemy are disclosed.

This invention discloses removal step in a method of increasing the throughput of crude production process comprising essential oils or heavy oil which, specifically (a) comprising a liquid hydrocarbon fraction is injected and mixed with heavy oil has a feed mixing step is generated hard, (b) and (c) removing the moisture to remove the moisture in the feed with a pad for removing water step feed gas, non-residues type and extension (residue) including liquid hydrocarbon fraction into a separation step using of a heavy oil processing method are disclosed.

Also, the present invention relates to apparatus and a method of treatment as above comprising a liquid hydrocarbon fraction as shown in the 1 also has a heavy oil feed is generated into hard and mixed with a mixer (1), the hard in the feed is removed moisture in the moisture removal device of (2), the apparatus for removing water (2) through the feed gas, non-residues type (residue) and extension into a separator (3) and reforming liquid hydrocarbon fraction residues gas price produced oil modified (oil upgrading) device (4) can be performed by the processor apparatus and the like.

Specific of a heavy oil process as follows. First, crude source (11) supplied from the heavy oil is contained in the crude feed into which hard liquid hydrocarbon fraction mixed each other after the mixing step is carried out along a hard heavy oil.

The crude source (11) may be catalysts in production facility well (oil well), be a refinery facility in crude of injector portion.

The need (heavy crude oil) heavy oil as crude oil mixtures having the the crude feed for removing water, a mixture of heavy oil (heavy crude oil) on replacement type (light crude oil), heavy oil (medium crude oil) mainly containing crude oil mixtures and either means, preferably 10 - 30 degree range which API value of mixture, API when mixing liquid hydrocarbon fraction less than 10 degree even when also the part 30 degree API is to increase the force and then additional API via the methylation process not requiring hard API degree height are disclosed.

Also, the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is the after alcoholic beverage it will do oil reforming processes can be generated via a bigger value of degree of 15 or more substances as API, API heavy oil less than 15 degree when hard to increase the throughput of a lower dielectric so that limit are disclosed. The higher the throughput of a heavy liquid hydrocarbon fraction which increase the effective commencement of API, typically 15 - 40 range of values can be used liquid hydrocarbon fraction.

On the other hand, also the API (API gravity) which is defined by the following type 1 value, SG_Oil Specific gravity of petroleum (specific gravity) calculated by formula 2 are disclosed.

[Formula 1]

[Type 2]

(The, ρ_Oil Oil density, ρ_H2O The density of 60 F is big.)

A crude feed with liquid hydrocarbon fraction to be mixed evenly proportions such step separate mixer (1) can be carried out in, the mixture (1) as agitator, line mixer (line mixer) and can be in accordance with the center of gravity of a round.

Relatively hard by mixing with a liquid hydrocarbon fraction contains API with a pad having an increased supply of moisture are removed in the feed subjected to moisture removal step which, as oily water separator (separator) preferably comprises 2 on a (21) oily water separating in, core coding (coalescer) (22) or the desalinator (desalter) aggregation in in (23) in the feed used in the desalination in through the moisture removed therefrom.

The means by which oily water separating (separating) crude gas, by separating the crude oil and moisture onto of 3 contained in large amounts, and the detaching process for removing small or minor amounts of water, through oil-in-water (oil provided in a-water, O/W type) or water in oil emulsion (emulsion) is removed (water provided in a non-oil, W/O type) value of equal to or higher than proper B&SW to suit. Conventional crude in manufacturing process-based water-containing conditions (water cut) is 0. Less than 5%.

Such oily water separator (21) oily water separating method using catalysts which are not limited but preferably incorporated on the production process, can be used without limit even refinery.

Aggregation (coalescing) with oil and water by using a density difference in the buoyancy of the oil by using the principle of moisture removing a method, performed by a coding is preferably electrically core (electric coalecer) but not the limited to.

Desalination (desalting) prior to removing said crude RM included among the inorganic salt distillation operation, these inorganic salt water are always the established suspension must be performed because the emulsion to comprise with demineralization dehydrated together, provide the means by which such desalination and dehydration step to desalination process which contains both desalination herein are disclosed concept.

Also, the desalinator (23) is carried out in a desalination step calcium (Ca), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V) can be also removed with the metal (metal).

In the designated content is typically 10 - 3000 ppm crude seawater, desalination method is considerably electric the demineralization law (electrical desalting process) can be classified into two methods of chemically the demineralization law (chemical desalting process).

Used electric the demineralization law desalination method essentially, 440 volt high voltage current (emulsion) presence in combination with water in crude oil emulsion disruption desalination method are disclosed. In such a manner that the degree of water preheating and mixing mixing behind in demineralization trillionthe demineralization law crude 5 - 10 vol %, a temperature of at least minimum 90 °C, 4 - 20 kg/cm² Conditions of the same emulsion pushes moisture and salt precipitated where high voltage outlet is polished manner combustion chamber.

Chemical the demineralization lawclause emulsifier destroys the emulsion method applied to crude oil, crude to turn clause emulsifier and implanted behind 5 - 10 vol % water, then placed in water at a temperature of preheating and it agitatedreally the alveolus minimum 80 °C comprising precipitated into seawater, efflux recessed moisture and salt is polished manner carried out.

This desalinator (23) using desalination method is preferably limited but has the refinery to be switched on, even crude production process can be used without limit.

Moisture removal is also 2 on a crude feed as oily water separator (21) in oily water separating, core coding (22) in the aggregation and the desalinator (23) at least one or more methods can be carried out by means of a desalination in correction and but not limited to, crude production process is preferably performed in oily water separating next aggregation or demineralization preferably demineralization aggregation of essential oil is carried out before step.

On the other hand, heavy crude oil emulsion stability (stability) of the displayed size of the object is disposed to pass a density difference with water since, such oily water separating, aggregation or desalination process is used crude by reducing the moisture loss during operation without voltage can increase a count.

The cooking liquid hydrocarbon in which at least 15 degree API heavy oil is contained in the crude feed as impurity and mixed with hard changes generated by a hard since feed, water removal process is performed as above can be also meet API includes an automatic equipment to increase throughput of waste and recycling costs can be heavy oil, improving purification of crude oil that can be eventually excreted in completing a spatula.

Moisture removing step the crude feed separator (3) gas, (residue) non-residues type and wired into a followed by a substrate. Gas H₂ S, C₁ - C₃ Hydrocarbons and some C₄ Comprising the hydrocarbons can be, non-residues type gasoline, via, with [khey[khey] scene, naphtha and the like can be, otherwise as extension material is typically separator (3) apart from each other at the bottom of.

The, the separator (3) (distillation unit) can be used as distiller, the distiller (atmosphere distillation unit) production on an LNG production pressure (vaccum distillation unit) and the like, preferably atmospheric pressure can be connected sequentially distiller the rear end of the distiller.

In the distiller feed oil boiling point (boiling point) of a wide variety of cosmetic contained in the separated, in addition membrane, adsorption or the like at a method can be also be used.

Separated gas petroleum, products such as product supply sectionnon-residues type (12, 13) are subjected to either stored is transferred to an additional operation.

On the other hand, huge carbon molecular size or the relatively high boiling point by receiving an residues type having a specific gravity (specific gravity) that it can be separated by using, such residues type too much by the increased amount of the pin is of a heavy oil throughput ratio of components varies or alumina. Utilizing such residues type oil reforming apparatus (oil upgrading unit) (4) to the oil reforming step can be.

Oil modified (oil upgrading) RM extension such as producing process whereby a liquid hydrocarbon fraction from a catalytically superheavy qualitative type minutegeneral term, pyrolysis (thermal cracking), hydrocracking (hydrocracking), or a solvent extraction (solvent extraction) and cracking (catalytic cracking) such as can be.

Also, more particularly when the pyrolysis of carbon rejection (carbon rejection), bis (visbreaking) roof, caulking (coking), such as coking (delayed coking) can be [til[til] RAID method, in the case of hydrogenation foul hydrotreating (hydro-a treating), and methods of hydrogenation (hydrogen addition) can include, in the case of solvent extracting the mask power law solvent (solvent deasphalting) can be like.

As above specific residues type oil reforming processes can be modified via one or more, the feed liquid hydrocarbon fraction produced reformed to crude oil injected can be exploited by mixing step.

As such, the apparatus and method and device for processing using liquid hydrocarbon fraction and heavy oil by increasing throughput in hard water by removing process to have a spatula eventually excreted in improving purification, more than compensated by increased amount of heavy oil throughput of the distillation step and controls the liquid hydrocarbon fraction residues type oil and modifying device are provided to produce or thirty disapproval.

Also, the present invention relates to apparatus and method is provided for processing as above existing refinery crude oil producing or facility has a mixing process alone can be a liquid hydrocarbon fraction to an additional equipment necessary since it would cost disapproval.

3a and 3b according to another embodiment of the present invention also includes a specific oil reforming processes residues gas price via modified heavy oil comprising the step of visually representing a diagram has error are disclosed.

Method and apparatus for treating heavy oil of the present invention as shown in the fig. 3a and 3b, pyrolysis, hydrocracking, solvent extraction and at least two or more in the process of cracking may be modified disclosed.

Also, as also 3a on a separator (3) separated in step residues gas price separate solvent extraction device (4a) solvent extraction process after pyrolysis apparatus (4b) can be designed to be modified in the process of pyrolysis, the extraction process the solvent liquid hydrocarbon fraction produced via residues gas price crude oil are injected into the feed mixing step portion of the, the pyrolysis process via the crude feed another portion additionally can be injected into the disclosed.

The pyrolysis process may be carried out pyrolysis apparatus (4b) cracking process instead of cracking or hydrocracking process performed performed hydrocracking apparatus are used disapproval.

residues gas price pyrolysis or cracking the paraffin (paraffin) generated in the process of liquid hydrocarbon fraction (aromatics) olefin (olefin) aromatic compound as a main component included 28 - 35 degree range value while the API is partially characterized as having, only liquid hydrocarbon fraction produced via solvent extraction process based on API 13 - 20 degree range value includes paraffins which have features.

I.e., only liquid hydrocarbon fraction is generated via solvent extraction process despite the relatively low degree of API heavy paraffin as a main component having properties suited since hard and heavy oil etc..

Also, hydrocracking process 40 also have a high level API to create a rounded hydrocarbon fraction may be filled.

The, such as on a solvent extraction apparatus (4a) in solvent extraction process and generates some liquid hydrocarbon fraction, the remaining part of the pyrolysis, cracking or hydrocracking device (4b) in pyrolysis, cracked or hydrocracking process additionally generated via liquid hydrocarbon together in such a way that heavy oil has as impurity and mixing even increases throughput by hard object of the present invention can be achieve, only the 2 liquid hydrocarbon fraction and solvent extraction solvent extraction process and the pyrolysis (or cracking, hydrocracking) process liquid hydrocarbon fraction in the 2 both hard degree by the clearance of the heavy oil pump capable of modulating unit to adjust the selected from the group is restrained disclosed.

A process wherein the solvent extraction process integration of solvent deasphalting (solvent deasphalting) preferably.

The invention also relates, in solvent extraction or contact residues gas price pyrolysis or cracking isolated from the separation step after hydrocracking in a hydrocracking in the process of the decomposition process can be designed to be modified, as well as the pyrolysis or cracking residues gas price generated in the process of crude oil are injected into the feed liquid hydrocarbon fraction portion of the mixing step, the hydrocracking process via the crude feed another portion additionally can be injected into the disclosed.

On the other hand, the present invention also relates as 3b on a solvent extraction apparatus (4a) on pyrolysis or cracking device (4b) generated via a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction again hydrocracking device (4c) designed in hydrocracking process may be filled.

The, solvent extraction process generates the liquid hydrocarbon fraction portion of the mixing step are injected into the crude oil feed, the pyrolysis or contact another portion of the decomposition process some further after the hydrocracking process via the remaining part of the catalysts for injection feed once more crude feed are apart from each other.

Also, solvent extraction device (4a) on pyrolysis (or cracking, hydrocracking) device (4b) and hydrogenation decomposition device (4c) includes a separator (3) not connected in parallel process is sequentially performed as above may be filled.