US2766183A - Removal of vanadium and/or sodium from petroleum and petroleum products with fuller's earth - Google Patents
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- 239000003208 petroleum Substances 0.000 title claims description 17
- 229910052720 vanadium Inorganic materials 0.000 title claims description 17
- LEONUFNNVUYDNQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N vanadium atom Chemical compound [V] LEONUFNNVUYDNQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title claims description 17
- DGAQECJNVWCQMB-PUAWFVPOSA-M Ilexoside XXIX Chemical compound C[C@@H]1CC[C@@]2(CC[C@@]3(C(=CC[C@H]4[C@]3(CC[C@@H]5[C@@]4(CC[C@@H](C5(C)C)OS(=O)(=O)[O-])C)C)[C@@H]2[C@]1(C)O)C)C(=O)O[C@H]6[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H]([C@H](O6)CO)O)O)O.[Na+] DGAQECJNVWCQMB-PUAWFVPOSA-M 0.000 title claims description 16
- 229910052708 sodium Inorganic materials 0.000 title claims description 16
- 239000011734 sodium Substances 0.000 title claims description 16
- 239000003209 petroleum derivative Substances 0.000 title description 8
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims description 9
- 229910052739 hydrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 6
- 239000001257 hydrogen Substances 0.000 claims description 6
- UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Hydrogen Chemical class [H][H] UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 5
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 229910000286 fullers earth Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
- NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfur Chemical compound [S] NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 239000005864 Sulphur Substances 0.000 description 4
- 239000003054 catalyst Substances 0.000 description 3
- 229910001570 bauxite Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000005984 hydrogenation reaction Methods 0.000 description 2
- PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N aluminium oxide Inorganic materials [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Al+3].[Al+3] PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000009903 catalytic hydrogenation reaction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000010941 cobalt Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910017052 cobalt Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- GUTLYIVDDKVIGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N cobalt atom Chemical compound [Co] GUTLYIVDDKVIGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000010924 continuous production Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000007423 decrease Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000008021 deposition Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000005484 gravity Effects 0.000 description 1
- 150000002431 hydrogen Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 229910000476 molybdenum oxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- PQQKPALAQIIWST-UHFFFAOYSA-N oxomolybdenum Chemical class [Mo]=O PQQKPALAQIIWST-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 235000020004 porter Nutrition 0.000 description 1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- C10G45/00—Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds
- C10G45/02—Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds to eliminate hetero atoms without changing the skeleton of the hydrocarbon involved and without cracking into lower boiling hydrocarbons; Hydrofinishing
- C10G45/04—Refining of hydrocarbon oils using hydrogen or hydrogen-generating compounds to eliminate hetero atoms without changing the skeleton of the hydrocarbon involved and without cracking into lower boiling hydrocarbons; Hydrofinishing characterised by the catalyst used
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- C10G2300/00—Aspects relating to hydrocarbon processing covered by groups C10G1/00 - C10G99/00
- C10G2300/10—Feedstock materials
- C10G2300/107—Atmospheric residues having a boiling point of at least about 538 °C
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- This invention relates to the removal of vanadium and/or sodium from petroleum and petroleum products.
- vanadium and/or sodium in petroleum or petroleum products can be removed by treatment with fullers earth.
- a process for removing vanadium and/or sodium from crude petroleum or a petroleum product comprises contacting the crude petroleum or petroleum product with fullers earth, in the presence of hydrogen and under conditions of temperature and pressure such that vanadium and/or sodium is/ are deposited on the fullers earth.
- the process of the invention is particularly adaptable as a pretreatment process for crude petroleum or petroleum products which are to be passed to a catalytic hydrogenation process for the removal of organically combined sulphur.
- a catalytic hydrogenation process for the removal of organically combined sulphur.
- a process for removing vanadium and sodium from a crude petroleum feedstock comprising contacting the petroleum feedstock with a contact material consisting of fullers earth at a space velocity in the range of about 0.5 to 2.0 v./v./hr. in the presence of hydrogen, and at a temperature within the range of about 750 800 F., and at a pressure in the range of about 500-1500 p. s. i. ga. whereby the vanadium and sodium are deposited on the fullers earth.
- a process according to claim 1, comprising subsequently passing the treated feedstock to a hydrogenation zone for the removal of organically combined sulphur.
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Description
REMOVAL 3F VANADIUM AND/R SQDIUM FROM PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRGDUCTS WETH FULLERS EARTH Frederick Wiiii'tm Eertram Porter and Roy iurdy Northcott, Sunbury-on-Thamcs, Middlesex, England, assignors to The British Petroleum Company Limited, a British joint-stock corporation No Drawing. Application June 16, 1953, Serial No. 362,145
Claims priority, application Great Britain June 18, 1952 2 Claims. (Cl. 196-35) This invention relates to the removal of vanadium and/or sodium from petroleum and petroleum products.
in the complete specification of the co-pending application No. 1029/51 there was described a process in which vanadium and/or sodium is/are removed from petroleum or petroleum products by contact with bauxite in the presence or absence of hydrogen and under conditions of temperature and pressure such that the vanadium and/or sodium is/are deposited on or incorporated with the bauxite. It was later discovered that the degree of vanadium and/or sodium removal under any given set of operating conditions tended to vary with bauxites of different origins.
It has now been found that vanadium and/or sodium in petroleum or petroleum products can be removed by treatment with fullers earth.
According to the invention therefore, a process for removing vanadium and/or sodium from crude petroleum or a petroleum product comprises contacting the crude petroleum or petroleum product with fullers earth, in the presence of hydrogen and under conditions of temperature and pressure such that vanadium and/or sodium is/ are deposited on the fullers earth.
The preferred ranges of operating conditions for the process are as follows:
Space velocity v./v./hr 0.5 to 2.0 Temperature F 750 to 800 Pressure p. s. i. ga 500 to 1500 Hydrogen recycle rate S. C .F./B 1000 to 10,000
The process of the invention is particularly adaptable as a pretreatment process for crude petroleum or petroleum products which are to be passed to a catalytic hydrogenation process for the removal of organically combined sulphur. For example, it has been found that in the hydrofining of crude petroleum and petroleum residues using a catalyst consisting of cobalt and molybdenum oxides supported on alumina, substantial proportions of vanadium and sodium are removed by and deposited on the catalyst and this deposition causes a steady decline in catalyst activity with hours on stream which is not wholly recovered on regeneration in the conventional manner. The invention, therefore, also includes a continuous process wherein a petroleum feedstock containing vanadium and/ or sodium is first treated with fullers earth as above described, and is then passed to a hydrogenation zone for the removal of organically combined sulphur.
An example of the application of the invention to the treatment of a petroleum residue will now be given.
EXAMPLE Sodium and vanadium removal from Kuwait 53% volume residue.
Conditions employed:
Feedstock Kuwait 5 3 vol.
residue Space velocity v./v./hr 1.0 Temperature F 780 Pressure p. s. i. ga 1000 Hydrogen recycle rate S. C. F./B 4000 Direction of flow Upward Duration of test hours Results obtained:
Pelleted fullers earth Product Feedstock (Bulk over 0 hrs.)
Vanadium, p. p. m 41 27 Sodium, p. p. m 39 33 Sulphur, percent Wt 3.89 3. 24 Specific Gravity, 60 F./60 F 0.958 0. 940
We claim:
1. A process for removing vanadium and sodium from a crude petroleum feedstock comprising contacting the petroleum feedstock with a contact material consisting of fullers earth at a space velocity in the range of about 0.5 to 2.0 v./v./hr. in the presence of hydrogen, and at a temperature within the range of about 750 800 F., and at a pressure in the range of about 500-1500 p. s. i. ga. whereby the vanadium and sodium are deposited on the fullers earth.
2. A process according to claim 1, comprising subsequently passing the treated feedstock to a hydrogenation zone for the removal of organically combined sulphur.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Dorrer May 3, 1938 Bent et al. Feb. 8, 1944
Claims (1)
1. A PROCESS FOR REMOVING VANADIUM AND SODIUM FROM A CRUDE PETROLEUM FEEDSTOCK COMPRISING CONTACTING THE PETROLEUM FEEDSTOCK WITH A CONTACT MATERIAL CONSISTING OF FULLER''S EARTH AT A SPACE VELOCITY IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.5 TO 2.0 V./V./HR. IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN, AND AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 750*-800* F., AND AT A PRESSURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 500-1500 P. S. I. GA. WHEREBY THE VANADIUM AND SODIUM ARE DEPOSITED ON THE FULLER''S EARTH.
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| GB15307/52A GB735521A (en) | 1952-06-18 | 1952-06-18 | Improvements relating to the removal of vanadium and/or sodium from petroleum and hydrocarbons of petroleum origin |
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| US2945803A (en) * | 1958-04-14 | 1960-07-19 | Gulf Research Development Co | Process for hydrogen treatment and catalytic cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons |
| US3546103A (en) * | 1969-02-03 | 1970-12-08 | Exxon Research Engineering Co | Hydrogenation catalysts on charcoal in guard chamber for removing metals from petroleum residua |
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| GB345738A (en) * | 1930-01-23 | 1931-04-02 | Ig Farbenindustrie Ag | Improvements in the purification of mineral oils, tars, their distillation products and the like |
| US2116061A (en) * | 1929-10-26 | 1938-05-03 | Standard Ig Co | Purification of mineral oils, tars, their distillation products, and the like |
| US2340922A (en) * | 1941-04-15 | 1944-02-08 | Atlantic Refining Co | Desulphurization of hydrocarbon oils |
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| US2116061A (en) * | 1929-10-26 | 1938-05-03 | Standard Ig Co | Purification of mineral oils, tars, their distillation products, and the like |
| GB345738A (en) * | 1930-01-23 | 1931-04-02 | Ig Farbenindustrie Ag | Improvements in the purification of mineral oils, tars, their distillation products and the like |
| US2340922A (en) * | 1941-04-15 | 1944-02-08 | Atlantic Refining Co | Desulphurization of hydrocarbon oils |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US2945803A (en) * | 1958-04-14 | 1960-07-19 | Gulf Research Development Co | Process for hydrogen treatment and catalytic cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons |
| US3546103A (en) * | 1969-02-03 | 1970-12-08 | Exxon Research Engineering Co | Hydrogenation catalysts on charcoal in guard chamber for removing metals from petroleum residua |
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