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- the present invention relates to upgrading refinery feedstocks, in particular to reduce the total acid number by neutralizing naphthenic acids.
- compositions of natural petroleum or crude oils vary significantly based on numerous factors, mainly the geographic source, and even within a particular region, the composition can vary. Common to virtually all sources of crude oil is the existence of heteroatoms such as sulfur, nitrogen, nickel, vanadium and others. Some crude oils also contain naphthenic acid compounds. These impurities are present in quantities that impact the refinery processing of the crude oil and its fractions.
- naphthenic acid is derived from the first observation of the acidity in naphthenic-based crude.
- the chemical compositions of naphthenic acids are extremely complex, and a great variety of structures and compositions fall within the classification of naphthenic acids.
- Naphthenic acids are predominantly made up of carboxylic cycloaliphatic acids substituted with alkyl, with lower proportions of non-cycloaliphatic acids.
- Aromatic, olefinic, hydroxylic and dibasic acids may be present as minor components.
- the molecular weight of naphthenic acids present in crude oils, as determined by mass spectrometry varies generally between about 120 and more than 700 grams per mole.
- naphthenic acid compounds contributes to the acidity of crude oils and is one of the major causes of corrosion in oil pipelines and distillation units in oil refineries. Consequently, crude oils with high naphthenic acid concentrations are considered to be of poor quality and are marketed at a lower price.
- TAN Total acid number
- TAN represents the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to neutralize the acidity of 1 gram of oil.
- Some crude oils possess extremely high levels of naphthenic acidity e.g., oils which would require between 3 and 10 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of oil in order to neutralize such acidity
- Metallurgic adequacy of industrial units is obtained by substituting equipment, metal pipes, etc., and is a function of naphthenic acid distribution in the oil fractions, which are subject to change in processing oils coming from new reservoirs.
- the high acid content also influences the value and marketability of crude oil. For example, currently the market value is discounted for crude oil having a TAN greater than 0.5 milligrams potassium hydroxide per gram of oil.
- the polarized character of carboxyls promotes the formation of emulsions, especially in heavier hydrocarbon feedstocks. This reduces the efficiency of the desalination stage of petroleum, making the separation of the water/oil emulsions difficult. Therefore, high acidity not only reduces market value, but adversely affects the refining process.
- Reducing TAN from refinery feedstocks is regarded as one of the most important processes in heavy oil upgrading.
- One approach is to mix feedstock having a relatively high TAN with a feedstock having a relatively low TAN.
- the acidic compounds remain in the blended feedstock, and the higher market value low TAN hydrocarbon feedstock is sacrificed.
- Other methods include washing a feedstock with a caustic solution. This treatment can remove naphthenic acids, but the process generates significant amount of wastewater and emulsions that are difficult to treat.
- Further approaches include adsorption of the naphthenic acid through adsorbent compounds with or without catalytic properties or contacting with other catalysts, including hydrotreating catalysts.
- Another object of the present invention is to reduce the TAN while breaking emulsions or minimizing or preventing the likelihood of their formation.
- a process for reducing the TAN of a refinery feedstock containing naphthenic acids is provided.
- the refinery feedstock containing naphthenic acids is contacted with an effective amount of solid heterogeneous catalyst in the presence of an aqueous base for a period of time sufficient to neutralize at least a portion of the naphthenic acids in the feedstock to produce a treated mixture.
- the mixture is phase separated into an aqueous phase and a neutralized hydrocarbon phase.
- the process comprises contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock containing naphthenic acids with an effective amount of solid catalyst that has been pretreated with a caustic base for a period of time sufficient to neutralize at least a portion of the naphthenic acids in the hydrocarbon feedstock to produce a treated hydrocarbon feedstock having reduced amount of naphthenic acids.
- FIG. 1 is a process flow diagram of a system for reducing the TAN of a refinery feedstock.
- System 10 includes a neutralization vessel 4 and a separator drum 6 .
- Neutralization vessel 4 includes an inlet 3 for receiving a hydrocarbon feedstock via conduit 1 and an aqueous caustic base via conduit 2 , and an outlet 5 for discharging a treated mixture.
- Separator drum 6 includes an inlet 11 for receiving the treated mixture, an outlet 7 for discharging a neutralized hydrocarbon feedstock, an outlet 8 for discharging an aqueous phase, and an outlet 9 for discharging light gases.
- emulsion breaking additives can be incorporated in separator drum 6 , e.g., via conduit 12 (shown in dashed lines).
- a hydrocarbon feedstock containing naphthenic acids introduced via conduit 1 is mixed with an aqueous caustic base introduced via conduit 2 .
- the mixture is charged to the neutralization vessel 4 via inlet 3 .
- Neutralization vessel 4 contains a single catalyst or a group of catalysts.
- the mixture is brought into contact with the catalyst and maintained in contact for a sufficient period of time to neutralize naphthenic acid compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock.
- the treated mixture is discharged via outlet 5 and passed to separator drum 6 via inlet 11 .
- the treated mixture is separated into three portions: a neutralized hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced TAN by neutralization of naphthenic acids, which is recovered as product via outlet 7 ; an aqueous phase containing spent caustic base discharged via outlet 8 ; and light gases including H 2 S, NH 3 and light hydrocarbon gases (e.g., having carbon numbers between 1 and 4) discharged via outlet 9 .
- the catalyst material contained in neutralization vessel is pretreated with a caustic base, such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
- a caustic base such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
- the caustic base and separator drum are not present.
- the pretreatment of catalyst can be in situ (e.g., in a neutralization vessel) or ex situ (e.g., in a continuous tubular vessel or batch equipment).
- an alumina base catalyst is loaded into the neutralization vessel, and a 50 weight % caustic base solution is heated to 320° C. and fed through the catalyst bed at a liquid hourly space velocity of 0.3 h ⁇ 1 for 5 to 10 hours.
- feedstock can be charged for neutralization of naphthenic acids.
- an alumina catalyst in pellet form is heated to 320° C. in a batch vessel and then mixed with a 50 weight % caustic base solution for 3 hours. The caustic base solution is drained and the solid catalyst particles are dried and loaded into the neutralization vessel.
- the refinery feedstock for use in above-described apparatus and process can be a crude or partially refined or fractions of hydrocarbon product obtained from various sources.
- the source of the refinery feedstock can be naturally occurring crude oil, synthetic crude oil, bitumen, oil sand, shale oil, coal liquids, or a combination including one of the foregoing sources.
- the feedstock can be naphtha, gas oil, vacuum gas oil or other refinery intermediate stream such as vacuum gas oil, deasphalted oil and/or demetalized oil obtained from a solvent deasphalting process, light coker or heavy coker gas oil obtained from a coker process, cycle oil obtained from an FCC process, gas oil obtained from a visbreaking process, or any combination of the foregoing products.
- other hydrocarbon streams can benefit from the practice of the herein described system and method.
- the aqueous caustic base can be sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
- the amount of caustic base supplied through conduit 2 is in the range of from 0.05 to 30 weight % based on the weight of the catalyst.
- Neutralization vessel 4 can be a fixed, moving, fluidized, or swing bed system. In certain embodiments a fixed bed reactor is suitable.
- the operating conditions of the neutralization vessel include a pressure in the range of from 1 to 20 Kg/cm 2 , in certain embodiments from 1 to 10 Kg/cm 2 ; a temperature in the range of from 200° C. to 600° C., in certain embodiments from 300° C. to 400° C., and in further embodiments from 300° C. to 350° C.; and a liquid hourly space velocity of the refinery feedstock in the range of from 0.1 to 10 h ⁇ 1 , in certain embodiments from 0.5 to 4 h ⁇ 1 , and in further embodiments from 1 to 2 h ⁇ 1 .
- pressure within the neutralization vessel can be maintained by the hydrocarbon pressure alone, without any supply of added overhead or blanketing gas.
- the neutralization vessel contains catalysts having basic properties.
- the catalyst comprises at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, aluminum oxide, zinc aluminates, and layered double hydroxides including magnesium/aluminum.
- the catalyst is in the form of pellets, spheres, or any other suitable shape. Generally, catalyst particle size and shape are chosen, as is known in the art, in such a manner as to prevent undue pressure drop across the bed, yet permit adequate diffusion of reactants to active sites on the catalyst surface of within the catalyst particle.
- demulsifier additives can be added to separator drum 6 to efficiently separate oil and water.
- emulsion breaking additives may be selected from the group consisting of triethanolamine, ethoxylated phenol resins, zinc chloride and polymerized trithionylamine.
- the process described herein can be conducted at various stages in refinery operations or upstream.
- the process can be implemented to treat influent feedstock in a refinery or fractions thereof.
- the process can be implemented upstream of or within a gas oil separation plant, for instance, downstream of desalting stages.
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Abstract
A catalyst component is described for reducing the total acid number of a refinery feedstock. A solid catalyst material that is pretreated with a caustic base solution form the catalyst component effective for contacting a refinery feedstock to reduce the total acid number.
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- This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/513,042 filed Jul. 29, 2011, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
- The present invention relates to upgrading refinery feedstocks, in particular to reduce the total acid number by neutralizing naphthenic acids.
- Compositions of natural petroleum or crude oils vary significantly based on numerous factors, mainly the geographic source, and even within a particular region, the composition can vary. Common to virtually all sources of crude oil is the existence of heteroatoms such as sulfur, nitrogen, nickel, vanadium and others. Some crude oils also contain naphthenic acid compounds. These impurities are present in quantities that impact the refinery processing of the crude oil and its fractions.
- The term “naphthenic acid” is derived from the first observation of the acidity in naphthenic-based crude. The chemical compositions of naphthenic acids are extremely complex, and a great variety of structures and compositions fall within the classification of naphthenic acids. Naphthenic acids are predominantly made up of carboxylic cycloaliphatic acids substituted with alkyl, with lower proportions of non-cycloaliphatic acids. Aromatic, olefinic, hydroxylic and dibasic acids may be present as minor components. The molecular weight of naphthenic acids present in crude oils, as determined by mass spectrometry, varies generally between about 120 and more than 700 grams per mole. Presence of naphthenic acid compounds contributes to the acidity of crude oils and is one of the major causes of corrosion in oil pipelines and distillation units in oil refineries. Consequently, crude oils with high naphthenic acid concentrations are considered to be of poor quality and are marketed at a lower price.
- Total acid number (“TAN”) is a commonly accepted criterion for the oil acidity, although its correlation with corrosive behavior is still uncertain. Specifically, TAN represents the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to neutralize the acidity of 1 gram of oil. Some crude oils possess extremely high levels of naphthenic acidity (e.g., oils which would require between 3 and 10 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of oil in order to neutralize such acidity), and do not meet current material specifications of refineries. Metallurgic adequacy of industrial units is obtained by substituting equipment, metal pipes, etc., and is a function of naphthenic acid distribution in the oil fractions, which are subject to change in processing oils coming from new reservoirs.
- The high acid content also influences the value and marketability of crude oil. For example, currently the market value is discounted for crude oil having a TAN greater than 0.5 milligrams potassium hydroxide per gram of oil.
- Moreover, the polarized character of carboxyls promotes the formation of emulsions, especially in heavier hydrocarbon feedstocks. This reduces the efficiency of the desalination stage of petroleum, making the separation of the water/oil emulsions difficult. Therefore, high acidity not only reduces market value, but adversely affects the refining process.
- Reducing TAN from refinery feedstocks is regarded as one of the most important processes in heavy oil upgrading. One approach is to mix feedstock having a relatively high TAN with a feedstock having a relatively low TAN. However, the acidic compounds remain in the blended feedstock, and the higher market value low TAN hydrocarbon feedstock is sacrificed. Other methods include washing a feedstock with a caustic solution. This treatment can remove naphthenic acids, but the process generates significant amount of wastewater and emulsions that are difficult to treat. Further approaches include adsorption of the naphthenic acid through adsorbent compounds with or without catalytic properties or contacting with other catalysts, including hydrotreating catalysts.
- Nonetheless, a need remains in the industry for improved processes for treatment of refinery feedstocks to reduce the TAN, neutralize naphthenic acids, and/or break or prevent the formation of emulsions, in an efficient and economically feasible manner.
- Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to efficiently and economically reduce the TAN of a hydrocarbon feedstock containing naphthenic acids.
- Another object of the present invention is to reduce the TAN while breaking emulsions or minimizing or preventing the likelihood of their formation.
- In accordance with one or more embodiments, a process for reducing the TAN of a refinery feedstock containing naphthenic acids is provided. The refinery feedstock containing naphthenic acids is contacted with an effective amount of solid heterogeneous catalyst in the presence of an aqueous base for a period of time sufficient to neutralize at least a portion of the naphthenic acids in the feedstock to produce a treated mixture. The mixture is phase separated into an aqueous phase and a neutralized hydrocarbon phase.
- In accordance with one or more additional embodiments, the process comprises contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock containing naphthenic acids with an effective amount of solid catalyst that has been pretreated with a caustic base for a period of time sufficient to neutralize at least a portion of the naphthenic acids in the hydrocarbon feedstock to produce a treated hydrocarbon feedstock having reduced amount of naphthenic acids.
- Still other aspects, embodiments, and advantages of these exemplary aspects and embodiments, are discussed in detail below. Moreover, it is to be understood that both the foregoing information and the following detailed description are merely illustrative examples of various aspects and embodiments, and are intended to provide an overview or framework for understanding the nature and character of the claimed aspects and embodiments. The accompanying drawing is included to provide illustration and a further understanding of the various aspects and embodiments, and is incorporated in and constitutes a part of this specification. The drawing, together with the remainder of the specification, serves to explain principles and operations of the described and claimed aspects and embodiments.
- The foregoing summary as well as the following detailed description will be best understood when read in conjunction with the attached drawing. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and apparatus shown.
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FIG. 1 is a process flow diagram of a system for reducing the TAN of a refinery feedstock. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , asystem 10 for reducing the TAN of a refinery feedstock is schematically illustrated. Details such as pumps, instrumentations, heat exchangers, boilers, compressors, and similar hardware have been omitted as being non-essential to understand the techniques involved in this invention.System 10 includes aneutralization vessel 4 and aseparator drum 6.Neutralization vessel 4 includes aninlet 3 for receiving a hydrocarbon feedstock viaconduit 1 and an aqueous caustic base viaconduit 2, and anoutlet 5 for discharging a treated mixture.Separator drum 6 includes aninlet 11 for receiving the treated mixture, anoutlet 7 for discharging a neutralized hydrocarbon feedstock, anoutlet 8 for discharging an aqueous phase, and anoutlet 9 for discharging light gases. In certain embodiments, emulsion breaking additives can be incorporated inseparator drum 6, e.g., via conduit 12 (shown in dashed lines). - In the practice of the system described herein, a hydrocarbon feedstock containing naphthenic acids introduced via
conduit 1 is mixed with an aqueous caustic base introduced viaconduit 2. The mixture is charged to theneutralization vessel 4 viainlet 3.Neutralization vessel 4 contains a single catalyst or a group of catalysts. The mixture is brought into contact with the catalyst and maintained in contact for a sufficient period of time to neutralize naphthenic acid compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock. The treated mixture is discharged viaoutlet 5 and passed toseparator drum 6 viainlet 11. - The treated mixture is separated into three portions: a neutralized hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced TAN by neutralization of naphthenic acids, which is recovered as product via
outlet 7; an aqueous phase containing spent caustic base discharged viaoutlet 8; and light gases including H2S, NH3 and light hydrocarbon gases (e.g., having carbon numbers between 1 and 4) discharged viaoutlet 9. - In an additional embodiment the catalyst material contained in neutralization vessel is pretreated with a caustic base, such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. In this embodiment, the caustic base and separator drum are not present.
- The pretreatment of catalyst can be in situ (e.g., in a neutralization vessel) or ex situ (e.g., in a continuous tubular vessel or batch equipment). In an exemplary embodiment of in situ catalyst preparation, an alumina base catalyst is loaded into the neutralization vessel, and a 50 weight % caustic base solution is heated to 320° C. and fed through the catalyst bed at a liquid hourly space velocity of 0.3 h−1 for 5 to 10 hours. After catalyst pretreatment, feedstock can be charged for neutralization of naphthenic acids. In an exemplary embodiment of ex situ preparation, an alumina catalyst in pellet form is heated to 320° C. in a batch vessel and then mixed with a 50 weight % caustic base solution for 3 hours. The caustic base solution is drained and the solid catalyst particles are dried and loaded into the neutralization vessel.
- The refinery feedstock for use in above-described apparatus and process can be a crude or partially refined or fractions of hydrocarbon product obtained from various sources. The source of the refinery feedstock can be naturally occurring crude oil, synthetic crude oil, bitumen, oil sand, shale oil, coal liquids, or a combination including one of the foregoing sources. For example, the feedstock can be naphtha, gas oil, vacuum gas oil or other refinery intermediate stream such as vacuum gas oil, deasphalted oil and/or demetalized oil obtained from a solvent deasphalting process, light coker or heavy coker gas oil obtained from a coker process, cycle oil obtained from an FCC process, gas oil obtained from a visbreaking process, or any combination of the foregoing products. Nonetheless, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other hydrocarbon streams can benefit from the practice of the herein described system and method.
- The aqueous caustic base can be sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. In certain embodiments, the amount of caustic base supplied through
conduit 2 is in the range of from 0.05 to 30 weight % based on the weight of the catalyst. -
Neutralization vessel 4 can be a fixed, moving, fluidized, or swing bed system. In certain embodiments a fixed bed reactor is suitable. In general, the operating conditions of the neutralization vessel include a pressure in the range of from 1 to 20 Kg/cm2, in certain embodiments from 1 to 10 Kg/cm2; a temperature in the range of from 200° C. to 600° C., in certain embodiments from 300° C. to 400° C., and in further embodiments from 300° C. to 350° C.; and a liquid hourly space velocity of the refinery feedstock in the range of from 0.1 to 10 h−1, in certain embodiments from 0.5 to 4 h−1, and in further embodiments from 1 to 2 h−1. In certain embodiments, pressure within the neutralization vessel can be maintained by the hydrocarbon pressure alone, without any supply of added overhead or blanketing gas. - The neutralization vessel contains catalysts having basic properties. In certain embodiments the catalyst comprises at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, aluminum oxide, zinc aluminates, and layered double hydroxides including magnesium/aluminum. The catalyst is in the form of pellets, spheres, or any other suitable shape. Generally, catalyst particle size and shape are chosen, as is known in the art, in such a manner as to prevent undue pressure drop across the bed, yet permit adequate diffusion of reactants to active sites on the catalyst surface of within the catalyst particle.
- In certain embodiments, demulsifier additives can be added to
separator drum 6 to efficiently separate oil and water. These emulsion breaking additives may be selected from the group consisting of triethanolamine, ethoxylated phenol resins, zinc chloride and polymerized trithionylamine. - The process described herein can be conducted at various stages in refinery operations or upstream. For instance, the process can be implemented to treat influent feedstock in a refinery or fractions thereof. In alternative embodiments, the process can be implemented upstream of or within a gas oil separation plant, for instance, downstream of desalting stages.
- The method and system herein have been described above and in the attached drawing; however, modifications will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art and the scope of protection for the invention is to be defined by the claims that follow.
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32. A catalyst component for reducing the total acid number of a refinery feedstock containing naphthenic acids comprising one or more solid catalyst materials selected from the group consisting of zinc aluminates and layered double hydroxides including magnesium/aluminum, wherein the solid catalyst material is pretreated with an aqueous caustic base prior to use.
33. The catalyst component of claim 32 , wherein the aqueous caustic base comprises sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
34. The catalyst component of claim 32 , wherein the colic catalyst material is pretreated in situ h contacting with the aqueous caustic base in a neutralization vessel used for contacting a refinery feedstock.
35. The catalyst component of claim 32 , wherein the solid catalyst material is pretreated ex situ by contacting with the aqueous caustic base in a vessel separate from a neutralization vessel used for contacting a refinery feedstock.
36. (canceled)
37. (canceled)
38. (canceled)
39. (canceled)
40. The catalyst component of claim 32 , wherein the solid catalyst comprises zinc aluminates.
41. The catalyst component of claim 32 , wherein the solid catalyst comprises layered double hydroxides including magnesium/aluminum.
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