Refining By Water Treatment TRIZ Cases

Virtual parameters and a feedback loop predict and improve GOSP crude oil quality while reducing reliance on complex online instruments.

Recycled wash water saturated with oxygenates cuts product loss during partial hydroprocessing and preserves hydrocarbon fuel yield.

An oil-miscible sulfur-donor additive changes mercury speciation in liquid hydrocarbons, enabling easier separation with lower cost and energy use.

Separating residue into DAO, resin, and pitch lets SCW upgrade resin before mild hydroprocessing, raising liquid yield and cutting low-value pitch.

A two-step hot separation with wash water removes halides and ammonia from hydrotreated feedstocks while avoiding ammonium halide blockage and corrosion.

Waste heat from compressed gas evaporates high-TDS desalter effluent, producing low-salinity wash water for closed-loop crude oil desalting.

High-pressure gas/liquid separation and low-pressure steam stripping produce purer hydrocarbons while reducing water use and corrosion risk.

Integrating solvent extraction with water removal eliminates front-end desalting units, reducing capital investment and operating expenses.

Supercritical water and a hydrogen donor upgrade hydrocarbons in a catalyst-free reactor, eliminating external hydrogen needs and reducing coke formation.

Condensing steam bubbles dissolve salt in crude oil and enlarge brine droplets, reducing pumping energy consumption and settling time.

Injecting water into residue feed and separating hydrogen sulfide between stages.

Hydrogen addition saturates heavy hydrocarbon radicals in supercritical water reactors, preventing gum and coke formation during thermal cracking.

Segmented mixing stages create fine emulsions for salt transfer then optimize droplet size, improving desalting efficiency in heavy crude processing.

Phosphoric acid ester extracts sulfur compounds via microwave heating, eliminating high-pressure hydrogen requirements and catalyst deactivation.

A salt analyzer calculates crude oil salinity from desalting process parameters.

Vacuum degassing under reduced pressure removes volatile sulphur compounds from used electrical insulating oils, preventing oxidation and corrosivity.

Magnetized oxygen micro nano bubble water depolarizes asphaltenes into resins, resolving incomplete bitumen recovery caused by cohesive film formation.

A conductivity sensor detects salt concentration using an electropolymerizable monomer to form a resultant associated polymer at a peak potential.

Correlating aqueous phase pH with contaminant partitioning levels prevents over-acidification and reduces corrosion risks in crude oil desalting.

Glyoxylic acid removes calcium from crude oil blends containing calcium naphthenate across a broad pH range.

Composite formulations with dodecenyl succinic acid and benzalkonium chloride mitigate acidic and salty environments where conventional inhibitors fail.

A supercritical water process selectively removes sulfur and metal compounds from petroleum feedstock without external hydrogen.

Caprolactamium ionic liquid extracts nitrogen compounds from diesel fuel streams, enabling reliable hydrodesulfurization by removing interfering contaminants.

Acid conversion transforms metal naphthenates into water-soluble salts, eliminating separation issues and corrosion risks in crude oil processing.

Dithiocarbamate polymer complexes with mercury for liquid-phase removal, eliminating solid-liquid separation equipment.

A multi-step hydrocarbon purification process recovers valuable lubricating base oils through sequential extraction and phase separation.

Selective asphaltene removal using a solvent with specific inductive capacity increases heavy fuel oil utilization while reducing vanadium corrosion.