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Hydrocarbon mixture analysis
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-11-23
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Granted: 1990-02-27
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Expires: 2007-11-23
Abstract
Abstract A method and/or system for rapidly determining the average composition and characteristics of a hydrocarbon mixture comprising thermally cracking the mixture to form a gaseous product, measuring the ratios or proportions of the individual components in the gaseous product, and comparing the ratios of the components present in the gaseous products with a known property of the hydrocarbon feed mixture and obtaining the average composition and intrinsic properties of the hydrocarbon feed.
Inventors
- 👤 John A. Kivlen
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N33/00; G01N33/26; G01N33/28; G01N33/2823; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T436/00; Y10T436/21; Y10T436/212; Y10T436/214; Y10T436/216; Y10T436/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
A method for determining, in a timely manner consistent with real time control of a chemical or petrochemical process, the characteristics of a crude derived feed hydrocarbon mixture, which comprises (a) thermally cracking a crude derived feed hydrocarbon mixture by heating to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to form a gaseous fraction containing components comprising acetylene, methane, ethane, propane, ethylene, and propylene, (b) selecting a component from the gaseous fraction from step (a) and measuring the compositional ratios of five other components of the gaseous fraction each to the selected component to obtain five measured ratios, and (c) determining one or more of the feed hydrocarbon mixture characteristics selected from the group consisting of normal paraffin content, isoparaffin content, naphthene content, olefin content, aromatic content, hydrogen content, average molecular weight, and viscosity based upon the five ratios obtained in step (b).
Claim 2
Independent Claim
145 words
A method for determining, in a timely manner consistent with real time control of a chemical or petrochemical process, the characteristics of a crude derived feed hydrocarbon mixture, which comprises (a) thermally cracking a crude derived feed hydrocarbon mixture by heating to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to form a gaseous fraction containing components comprising acetylene, methane, ethane, propane, ethylene, and propylene, (b) selecting a component from the gaseous fraction from step (a) and measuring the compositional ratios of five other components of the gaseous fraction each to the selected component to obtain five measured ratios, and (c) determining one or more of the feed hydrocarbon mixture characteristics selected from the group consisting of normal paraffin content, isoparaffin content, naphthene content, olefin content, aromatic content, hydrogen content, average molecular weight, and viscosity based upon the five ratios obtained in step (b).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the thermally cracked product of step (a) is cooled sufficiently to form a liquid fraction which is separated from a remaining gaseous fraction prior to measuring the proportions or ratios of the individual components of the gaseous fraction in step (b).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein an inert diluent is mixed with the feed hydrocarbon mixture being subjected to thermal cracking.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the temperature obtaining during thermal cracking ranges from about 700° to about 1000° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 4 wherein the contact time of hydrocarbon being cracked ranges from about 0.01 seconds to about 10 seconds.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 2 wherein cooling is effected at a temperature in the range between about 0° and about 150° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said temperature of cracking ranges from about 750° to said 900° C. and the period of contact of hydrocarbon being cracked ranges from about 0.01 to about 1 second.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
155 words
A method for determining, in a timely manner consistent with real time control of a chemical or petrochemical process, the characteristics of a crude derived feed hydrocarbon mixture, which comprises (a) thermally cracking a crude derived feed hydrocarbon mixture by heating to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to form a gaseous fraction containing components comprising acetylene, methane, ethane, propane, ethylene, and propylene, (b) selecting a component from the gaseous fraction from step (a) and measuring the compositional ratios of four of the five other components each to the selected component, and measuring the average boiling point of the feed hydrocarbon mixture, and (c) determining one or more of the feed hydrocarbon mixture characteristics selected from the group consisting of normal paraffin content, isoparaffin content, naphthene content, olefin content, aromatic content, hydrogen content, average molecular weight, and viscosity based upon the four ratios and the average boiling point obtained in step (b).
Claim 10
Independent Claim
155 words
A method for determining, in a timely manner consistent with real time control of a chemical or petrochemical process, the characteristics of a crude derived feed hydrocarbon mixture, which comprises (a) thermally cracking a crude derived feed hydrocarbon mixture by heating to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to form a gaseous fraction containing components comprising acetylene, methane, ethane, propane, ethylene, and propylene, (b) selecting a component from the gaseous fraction from step (a) and measuring the compositional ratios of four of the five other components each to the selected component, and measuring the average boiling point of the feed hydrocarbon mixture, and (c) determining one or more of the feed hydrocarbon mixture characteristics selected from the group consisting of normal paraffin content, isoparaffin content, naphthene content, olefin content, aromatic content, hydrogen content, average molecular weight, and viscosity based upon the four ratios and the average boiling point obtained in step (b).
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