US20120012505A1 - Use of alpha-amino ethers for the removal of mercaptans from hydrocarbons - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the scavenging of mercaptans in hydrocarbon fluids and more particularly to the use of alpha-amino ethers as mercaptan scavengers.
- Hydrocarbon fluids such as crude oil, crude oil emulsions, oilfield condensate, petroleum residua and refined fuels such as naphtha, kerosene, gasoline, and other purified petroleum products often contain a variety of mercaptans, including mercaptans of relatively low molecular weight.
- choline or choline hydroxide has been found to alleviate hydrogen sulfide evolution and to scavenge mercaptans as show in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,594,147, 4,867,865, and 5,183,560.
- choline and choline hydroxide are not well suited for many uses and media, such as in crude oil.
- choline and choline hydroxide might scavenge mercaptans in such media, they also form a volatile and malodorous by-product with the sulfur compounds indigenous to such media.
- choline and choline hydroxide to control odors associated with light weight mercaptans is self-defeating in media such as crude oil.
- European Patent Application 0 538 819 A3 describes the use of oil-soluble quaternary ammonium compounds to scavenge mercaptans from certain oils, especially high boiling, heavy residual fuels.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,840,177 describes using quaternary ammonium hydroxides to scavenge mercaptans from certain hydrocarbon fluids.
- At least one embodiment of the invention is directed towards a method of reducing the amount of mercaptans in a hydrocarbon fluid.
- the method comprises contacting the fluid with an effective amount of alpha-amino ether sufficient to convert the mercaptan into a non-volatile species.
- the hydrocarbon fluid can be a liquid.
- the hydrocarbon fluid can be selected from the list consisting of but not limited to diesel fuel, kerosene, and gasoline.
- the alpha-amino ether can be selected from the list consisting of:
- the mercaptans can be present in the hydrocarbon fluid in amounts in excess of 500 ppm.
- the ratio of alpha-amino ether molecules to mercaptan molecules can be within the range of 1:1000 to 1000:1.
- FIG. 1 illustrates compositions of matter useful as a mercaptan scavenger.
- Alpha-amino ether means a molecule according to the formula:
- R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 are carbon containing side chains containing 1-20 carbon atoms and includes cyclic and acyclic compounds.
- the cyclic compounds can be aromatic or non-aromatic. Examples include but are not limited to, methyl, ethyl, propyl, tert-butyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, morpholino, and phenyl, and they all can be the same group or one or more different groups.
- B is an ether group, which is either an oxygen atom or a group having an oxygen atom at both ends (such as —OCH 2 O— or —OC 2 H 4 O—).
- Hydrocarbon fluid means a liquid or gas predominantly comprising organic material including but not limited to kerosene, crude oil, crude oil emulsions, oilfield condensate, petroleum residua, refined fuels, distillate fuels, fuel oil, heating oils, diesel fuel, gasoline, jet fuel, bunker fuel oils, and any combination thereof.
- “Mercaptan” means a sulfur-containing organic compound with the general formula RSH where R is any alkyl, aromatic or cyclic group.
- Examples of common mercaptans are methylmercaptan CH 3 SH, ethylmercaptan CH 3 CH 2 SH, propylmercaptan CH 3 (CH 2 ) 2 SH, isopropylmercaptan (CH 3 ) 2 CHSH, Phenylmercaptan C 5 H S SH.
- “Scavenger” means a composition of matter, such as but not limited to alpha-amino ethers, useful in reducing the amount of or mitigating the effects of some other composition of matter, such as but not limited to mercaptans, in a fluid medium.
- Formaldehyde equivalent means a composition of matter containing at least one group according to the formula: (CH 2 O) n in which n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and/or a composition of matter including formaldehyde or related molecules such as paraformaldehyde, and/or s-trioxane.
- the amount of mercaptans in a hydrocarbon fluid is reduced by the introduction of an alpha-amino ether into the fluid.
- the alpha-amino ether scavenges mercaptan by forming stable non-volatile compounds
- the new sulfur containing compounds are higher molecular weight and lower volatility mitigating the odor associated with volatile mercaptans.
- the mercaptan scavenger is produced by reacting a secondary amine with formaldehyde or other formaldehyde equivalents such as paraformaldehyde or s-trioxane.
- formaldehyde or other formaldehyde equivalents such as paraformaldehyde or s-trioxane.
- the reaction product also comprises 10-25% double amine that is non-reactive to the mercaptans.
- any of the R groups correspond to any of the R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 , groups described in the definition of “alpha-amino ether”.
- reaction is performed without solvent.
- This reaction can be performed with solvents such as aromatic 150, aromatic 100, etc. to create a diluted product.
- a scavenging formulation is used in a hydrocarbon fluid.
- the formulation can but is not required to contain a solvent and at least one alpha-amino ether, the alpha-amino ether can be used without solvent.
- the solvent is selected from the list consisting of water, alcohol, aromatic solvent, non-aromatic solvent and a solvent that solvates alpha-amino ethers, and any combination thereof.
- the formulation can be introduced into the hydrocarbon fluid by mechanical means including but not limited to injection pumps or any other mechanism known in the art including but not limited to those methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,840,177.
- Table 1 shows the ppm wt of sulfur in the form of sec-butyl mercaptan and n-butyl mercaptan in the untreated sample.
- Tables 2 and 3 show the reduction in mercaptans when treated with alpha-amino ethers derived from butyl amine and morpholine respectively. The loss of n-butyl mercaptan and increase in unidentified volatile sulfur compounds indicates that the mercaptan has formed a stable compound that did not match a known standard.
- a complex mercaptan solution of nine different mercaptans was prepared and a series of alpha amino ethers was tested for their ability to reduce the mercaptans. 1000 ppm (v/v) was added to a solution of kerosene. The kerosene was then treated with 3000 ppm (v/v) of the specified samples.
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US12/835,881 US20120012505A1 (en) | 2010-07-14 | 2010-07-14 | Use of alpha-amino ethers for the removal of mercaptans from hydrocarbons |
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