WO2010145847A1 - Process for the extraction of hydrocarbons from oil sands and oil shale - Google Patents

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WO2010145847A1
WO2010145847A1 PCT/EP2010/003775 EP2010003775W WO2010145847A1 WO 2010145847 A1 WO2010145847 A1 WO 2010145847A1 EP 2010003775 W EP2010003775 W EP 2010003775W WO 2010145847 A1 WO2010145847 A1 WO 2010145847A1
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  • the present invention relates to a process for the extraction of hydrocarbons contained in oil sands and oil shale, using thermal energy from a solar source.
  • the known art refers to extraction technologies using hot water and/or high-temperature hydrocarbon solvents, suitably heated using fossil sources (normally natural gas or petcoke) . These are "energy intensive” processes and require from 300 scf to 1300 scf of natural gas per bbl of bitumen extracted, according to the technology used (mining or in- situ thermal recovery) .
  • the process, object of the present invention for the extraction of hydrocarbons contained in oil sands and oil shale, comprises feeding said oil sands or oil shale to a suitable apparatus, such as a reactor or extraction column or worm-conveyor, in which they are heated, directly and/or by means of a suitable vector fluid, making use of solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems.
  • a suitable apparatus such as a reactor or extraction column or worm-conveyor
  • these can be fed to an extraction column into which the vector fluid is sent in counter-current previously heated in a heating step, using solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems, acting as hot extracting fluid, thus separating a sand, at the bottom, substantially free of the organic component, from a head stream, substantially consisting of the organic component of the sand, together with the hot extracting fluid, which is subjected to a separation step to separate the organic component from the cold extracting fluid which is recycled to the heating step.
  • these can be fed to the head of an extraction column to which the vector fluid is sent in equicurrent, previously heated in a heating step making use of solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems, acting as hot extracting fluid, obtaining: * a bottom stream substantially consisting of the organic component of the sand, together with the hot extracting fluid, which is subjected to a separation step to separate the organic component from the cold extracting fluid, which is recycled to the heating step,-
  • the separation step can preferably be a flash.
  • the vector fluid acting as extractor fluid is preferably selected from water containing alkaline agents and/or organic fluids with a naphthene and/or aromatic base.
  • the water contained in the fluid or forming the fluid is preferably at a pH > 7.
  • the extracting fluid can be used in supercritical phase and the organic separation component and extracting fluid, in this case, can be effected by modifying the temperature and pressure conditions, bringing said fluid to subcritical conditions.
  • oil shale these can be fed to a pyrolysis reactor operating at temperatures higher than 350 0 C so as to obtain at the head the products of the pyrolyzed gases and at the bottom the inorganic component of said oil shale.
  • the heating of the oil shale allows the cracking of the kerosene contained in the rock with the consequent separation of gases and hydrocarbon liquids from the inorganic component .
  • the heat for effecting the pyrolysis reaction can be supplied directly to the pyrolysis reactor by means of solar energy captured with optical concentration systems or it can be provided indirectly by a vector fluid at a high temperature, preferably higher than 350 0 C, previously heated in a heating step using solar energy collected with optical concentration systems.
  • the high- temperature vector fluid can be selected from molten salts, more preferably from mixtures of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate. In both cases, both for the sands and oil shale, the vector fluid previously heated can be accumulated in a heat tank from which it is removed when the process is effected.
  • the direct solar radiation is concentrated by means of linear parabolic reflecting systems on a straight receiving tube situated in the focus of the parabola. This energy is used for heating a thermo-vector fluid which circulates inside the receiving tube.
  • Dish-engine systems use parabolic disks which reflect the solar light incident on a receiver situated in the focal point. These concentrators are assembled on a structure which rotates around two axes to follow the sun.
  • thermodynamic power cycle capable of following the sun through suitable movement along two axes to concentrate the solar light on a single receiver positioned at the top of a tower.
  • the heat collected by the receiver is used in a thermodynamic power cycle which in turn, in a traditional turbine-generator system, produces electricity.
  • Figure 1 schematizes an embodiment of the process object of the present invention in the case of oil sands.
  • Oil sands are fed from above to an extraction column
  • the cold extracting fluid (3) is recycled and heated in a heating step using solar energy by means of optical concentration systems (C) and accumulated in a heat tank (T) to be subsequently removed.
  • Figure 2 schematizes another embodiment of the process, object of the present invention, in the case of oil sands.
  • the oil sands and subsequently the pressurized hot extracting fluid (1) are charged, in equicurrent, to the head of a fixed bed reactor (R) .
  • a stream consisting of bitumen and hot extracting fluid (2) is collected at the bottom of the reactor.
  • the sand is subsequently discharged from the reactor.
  • the outgoing stream (2) is sent to a separator (G) from whose head the cold fluid is extracted, which is recycled (3), heated in a heating step using solar energy by means of optical concentration systems (C) and accumulated in a heat tank (T) to be subsequently removed.
  • the bitumen is collected at the bottom of the separator (G) .
  • Figure 3 schematizes an embodiment of the process, object of the present invention, in the case of oil shale .
  • Oil shale are fed to a pyrolysis reactor (P) , operating at temperatures higher than 350 0 C obtaining the pyrolized organic component of said oil shale (pyrolyzed oil) at the head and the inorganic component of the same (I) at the bottom.
  • the heat for the pyrolysis is supplied to the reactor by means of solar energy collected with optical concentration systems, either directly or indirectly from a high-temperature vector fluid (4) heated by means of said optical concentration systems (C) and accumulated in a heat tank (T) to be subsequently removed.
  • the vector fluid (5) leaving the reactor is recycled to the heating step.

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Abstract

Process for the extraction of hydrocarbons contained in oil sands and oil shale comprising feeding said oil sands or oil shale to a suitable apparatus in which they are heated, directly and/or by means of a suitable vector fluid, making use of solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems.

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PROCESS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM OIL SANDS AND OIL SHALE
The present invention relates to a process for the extraction of hydrocarbons contained in oil sands and oil shale, using thermal energy from a solar source.
The known art refers to extraction technologies using hot water and/or high-temperature hydrocarbon solvents, suitably heated using fossil sources (normally natural gas or petcoke) . These are "energy intensive" processes and require from 300 scf to 1300 scf of natural gas per bbl of bitumen extracted, according to the technology used (mining or in- situ thermal recovery) .
Extraction with hot water requires enormous quantities of water (0.3 - 0.7 m3 per bbl of bitumen) and also creates the problem of separation of the inorganic particles of micronic material (fine powders) , which implies the use of tailing ponds that have a significant environmental impact. We have now found a process which, by the direct use of solar energy, allows an energy saving from fossil sources (with economical and environmental advantages) and can enable the use of vector fluids causing a lower environmental impact (organic solvent, supercritical CO2, etc.) .
The process, object of the present invention, for the extraction of hydrocarbons contained in oil sands and oil shale, comprises feeding said oil sands or oil shale to a suitable apparatus, such as a reactor or extraction column or worm-conveyor, in which they are heated, directly and/or by means of a suitable vector fluid, making use of solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems.
In the case of oil sands, these can be fed to an extraction column into which the vector fluid is sent in counter-current previously heated in a heating step, using solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems, acting as hot extracting fluid, thus separating a sand, at the bottom, substantially free of the organic component, from a head stream, substantially consisting of the organic component of the sand, together with the hot extracting fluid, which is subjected to a separation step to separate the organic component from the cold extracting fluid which is recycled to the heating step.
Again in case of oil sands, as an alternative, these can be fed to the head of an extraction column to which the vector fluid is sent in equicurrent, previously heated in a heating step making use of solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems, acting as hot extracting fluid, obtaining: * a bottom stream substantially consisting of the organic component of the sand, together with the hot extracting fluid, which is subjected to a separation step to separate the organic component from the cold extracting fluid, which is recycled to the heating step,-
* and sand substantially free of the organic component, subsequently discharged from the reactor. The separation step can preferably be a flash. The vector fluid acting as extractor fluid is preferably selected from water containing alkaline agents and/or organic fluids with a naphthene and/or aromatic base.
The water contained in the fluid or forming the fluid is preferably at a pH > 7.
The extracting fluid can be used in supercritical phase and the organic separation component and extracting fluid, in this case, can be effected by modifying the temperature and pressure conditions, bringing said fluid to subcritical conditions.
In the case of oil shale, these can be fed to a pyrolysis reactor operating at temperatures higher than 3500C so as to obtain at the head the products of the pyrolyzed gases and at the bottom the inorganic component of said oil shale.
The heating of the oil shale allows the cracking of the kerosene contained in the rock with the consequent separation of gases and hydrocarbon liquids from the inorganic component .
The heat for effecting the pyrolysis reaction can be supplied directly to the pyrolysis reactor by means of solar energy captured with optical concentration systems or it can be provided indirectly by a vector fluid at a high temperature, preferably higher than 3500C, previously heated in a heating step using solar energy collected with optical concentration systems.
The high- temperature vector fluid can be selected from molten salts, more preferably from mixtures of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate. In both cases, both for the sands and oil shale, the vector fluid previously heated can be accumulated in a heat tank from which it is removed when the process is effected.
There are substantially three types of optical concentration systems for capturing the solar energy:
• parabolic trough
• dish-engine
• power tower.
In the parabolic trough system, the direct solar radiation is concentrated by means of linear parabolic reflecting systems on a straight receiving tube situated in the focus of the parabola. This energy is used for heating a thermo-vector fluid which circulates inside the receiving tube. Dish-engine systems use parabolic disks which reflect the solar light incident on a receiver situated in the focal point. These concentrators are assembled on a structure which rotates around two axes to follow the sun.
Power tower systems operate with numerous mirrors
(heliostats) capable of following the sun through suitable movement along two axes to concentrate the solar light on a single receiver positioned at the top of a tower. The heat collected by the receiver is used in a thermodynamic power cycle which in turn, in a traditional turbine-generator system, produces electricity.
Further details can be found in the publication EPRI-Solar Thermal Electric Technology: 2006- December 6, 2006 (from page 2-1 to 2-10) .
Three embodiments of the present invention are now described with the help of the enclosed figures which however should not be considered as limiting the scope of the invention itself.
Figure 1 schematizes an embodiment of the process object of the present invention in the case of oil sands.
Oil sands are fed from above to an extraction column
(E) and a hot extracting fluid (1) from the bottom obtaining a sand (S) substantially free of the organic component (bitumen) at the bottom, and at the top, a stream (2) substantially consisting of the organic component extracted together with the hot extracting fluid, which is subjected to a separation step by means of a flash (F) separating the organic substance, bitumen, at the bottom, and cold extracting fluid (3) at the head.
The cold extracting fluid (3) is recycled and heated in a heating step using solar energy by means of optical concentration systems (C) and accumulated in a heat tank (T) to be subsequently removed.
Figure 2 schematizes another embodiment of the process, object of the present invention, in the case of oil sands.
The oil sands and subsequently the pressurized hot extracting fluid (1) are charged, in equicurrent, to the head of a fixed bed reactor (R) . A stream consisting of bitumen and hot extracting fluid (2) is collected at the bottom of the reactor. The sand is subsequently discharged from the reactor. The outgoing stream (2) is sent to a separator (G) from whose head the cold fluid is extracted, which is recycled (3), heated in a heating step using solar energy by means of optical concentration systems (C) and accumulated in a heat tank (T) to be subsequently removed. The bitumen is collected at the bottom of the separator (G) .
Figure 3 schematizes an embodiment of the process, object of the present invention, in the case of oil shale .
Oil shale are fed to a pyrolysis reactor (P) , operating at temperatures higher than 3500C obtaining the pyrolized organic component of said oil shale (pyrolyzed oil) at the head and the inorganic component of the same (I) at the bottom. The heat for the pyrolysis is supplied to the reactor by means of solar energy collected with optical concentration systems, either directly or indirectly from a high-temperature vector fluid (4) heated by means of said optical concentration systems (C) and accumulated in a heat tank (T) to be subsequently removed.
The vector fluid (5) leaving the reactor is recycled to the heating step.

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1. A process for the extraction of hydrocarbons contained in oil sands and oil shale, comprising feeding said oil sands or oil shale into a suitable apparatus, in which they are heated, directly and/or by means of a suitable vector fluid, making use of solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems .
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the oil sands are fed to an extraction column into which the fluid vector is sent in counter-current, previously heated in a heating step, using solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems, acting as hot extracting fluid, thus separating a sand, at the bottom, substantially free of the organic component, from a stream, at the head, substantially consisting of the organic component of the sand, together with the hot extracting fluid, which is subjected to a separation step to separate the organic component from the cold extracting fluid which is recycled to the heating step.
3. The process according to claim 1, wherein the oil sands are fed to the top of an extraction column into which the vector fluid, previously heated, is sent in equicurrent, the heating being effected during a heating step using solar energy collected using optical concentration systems, the fluid acting as a hot extractor, obtaining:
* a bottom stream substantially consisting of the organic component of the sand, together with the hot extracting fluid, which is subjected to a separation step to separate the organic component from the cold extracting fluid, which is recycled to the heating step;
* and sand substantially free of the organic component, subsequently discharged from the reactor.
4. The process according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the separation step is a flash step.
5. The process according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the vector fluid acting as extractor fluid is selected from water containing alkaline agents and/or organic fluids with a naphthene and/or aromatic base.
6. The process according to claim 5, wherein the water is at a pH >7.
7. The process according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the extractor fluid is used in supercritical phase and the separation of the organic component and extractor fluid is effected by modifying the temperature and pressure conditions, bringing said fluid to subcritical conditions .
8. The process according to claim 1, wherein the oil shale are fed to a pyrolysis reactor operating at temperatures higher than 3500C so as to obtain at the head, the products of the pyrolysis gases, and at the bottom, the inorganic component of said oil shale.
9. The process according to claim 8, wherein the heat for effecting the pyrolysis reaction is directly- supplied to the pyrolysis reactor through solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems.
10. The process according to claim 8, wherein the heat for effecting the pyrolysis reaction is supplied indirectly by a high temperature vector fluid, previously heated during a heating step using solar energy collected by means of optical concentration systems .
11. The process according to claim 10, wherein the high temperature vector fluid is selected from molten salts.
12. The process according to claims 2, 3 or 8, wherein the previously heated vector fluid is accumulated in a heat tank from which it is collected.
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