Refining By Heating/Cooling TRIZ Cases

Compressed gas and flash gas are reused as process heat in offshore separation, cutting platform weight, utility demand, and energy use.

Compression heat and produced fluids are reused for separation and glycol heating, cutting offshore platform weight, space, and utility demand.

Pyrolysis converts solid carbonaceous feedstocks into renewable fuel gas, hydrogen, and carbon solids for lower-emission steam injection.

Catalytic cracking converts waste oil into low-sulfur diesel at lower pressure.

Dual cold flow reactors manage hydrate slurry while periodic remediation prevents pipe wall deposition and pressure drops in long subsea pipelines.

A vapor displacement method solubilizes hydrocarbons in drill cuttings using a liquid solvent and separates the mixture via pressurized gas.

Polyalkylenyl benzene sulphonic acid additives prevent asphaltene agglomeration and coke formation on refinery vessel surfaces.

Hydrogen addition saturates heavy hydrocarbon radicals to prevent gum and coke generation, resolving the stability trade-off in supercritical water upgrading.

Heating refinery purge streams to 185-220°C followed by controlled cooling induces static sedimentation for phase separation.

Nested helical threads integrate heating and sorbent contact to remove sulfur from portable military fuels.

Alkali-rich emulsion overcomes capillary forces to improve sweep efficiency and oil mobility.

Air flotation replaces thermal sweating to separate oil from paraffin waxes, reducing processing time and thermal stress.

Low-temperature hydrotreatment stabilizes bio-oils while preventing catalyst deactivation and coke formation during refining.

A vortex tube separates sulfur compounds from hydrocarbon fuels using centrifugal force.

Thermal treatment degrades phospholipids in oil at 240°C to 280°C, preventing catalyst poisoning during catalytic processing.

An oilless compressor pressurizes tank headspace gas to enable liquid hydrocarbon recovery.

Nitrogen stripping removes light ends before solvent extraction, reducing fouling and solvent volume while maintaining environmental safety.

Segmented evaporation and cooling reactors recover kerosene, oil, and metals from refinery residues while reducing mechanical stress on processing equipment.

Preheating wet crude oil via a catalytic heater reduces viscosity, improving three-way separator efficiency and cutting gas carryover.

Electrifier subjects cooled used oil to an electric field, reducing halogen and sulfur content by up to 90% while lowering energy consumption.

Distillate contact precipitates sediments from hydrocracked heavy fractions, ensuring bunker fuels meet ISO 10307-2 stability standards.

A horizontal vapor recovery tank replaces vertical towers to improve hydrocarbon retention and separation efficiency.

Compressing and cooling tank headspace gases to recover fuel, eliminating venting costs and greenhouse gas emissions at low-producing well pads.

Partial solvent dissolution combined with grinding reduces mineral contamination and energy requirements during oil sands processing.

Direct steam injection heats feedstock to liberate contaminants, eliminating vacuum distillation and reducing energy losses.