LIGHT WAX DISTILLATE TREATMENT VIA SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND HYDROFINISHING | ||||
| The International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Engineering | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 3, 3rd International Conference On Chemical & Environmental Engineering, May 2006, Page 40-49 PDF (184.29 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/iccee.2006.41057 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Mohamed M. S.; Hanafy S. A.; Abou Taleb . W. A. | ||||
| Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| ABSTRACT The treatment of the light wax distillate using conventional lube manufacturing processes as solvent extraction , solvent dewaxing, and hydrofinishing has been investigated. Laboratory batch extraction of what from the light wax distillate was carried out using N methylpyrrolidone (NMP) containing 3wt % water and the solvent/ oil ratio used was 3:1 at an extraction temperature of 50oC. The raffinate is then dewaxed using the solvent methyl ethylketone (MEK) together with toluene (60/40) at a solvent / oil ratio of 3/1 and at a dewaxing temperature of - 25oC. The hydrofinishing was carried out using a commercial Nickel-Tungsten catalyst in a high pressure autoclave . The hydrofining product shows important considering properties as the viscosity variation (V1=117), low temperature properties , (pour point=-33Cº) , volatility (flash point = 186oC) and the oxidation stability (t=32 min.) this higher quality product be used in blending thus preparing a appropriate compounded oil. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| solvent extraction; Solvent dewaxing and hydrofinishing | ||||
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