HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION

• US 20110178346A1
• Filed: 01/21/2011
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shell Oil Company (Shell Plc)
• Original Assignee: Shell Oil Company (Shell Plc)
• Inventors: Milam, Stanley Nemee, Wellington, Scott Lee, Reynolds, Michael Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 8,679,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 585/2
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 2300/202 Heteroatoms content, i.e. S, N, O, P
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 2300/301 Boiling range
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 2400/30 Aromatics
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 47/00 Cracking of hydrocarbon oils, in the presence of hydrogen or hydrogen- generating compounds, to obtain lower boiling fractions C10G15/00 takes precedence; destructive hydrogenation of non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials C10G1/06
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 47/02 characterised by the catalyst used
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 47/06 Sulfides
• CPC Class Codes: C10L 1/00 Liquid carbonaceous fuels

Abstract

A hydrocarbon composition is provided containing:

• • at least 0.05 grams of hydrocarbons having boiling point in the range from an initial boiling point of the composition up to 204° C. (400° F.) per gram of the composition;
  • at least 0.1 gram of hydrocarbons having a boiling point in the range from 204° C. up to 260° C. (500° F.) per gram of the composition;
  • at least 0.25 gram of hydrocarbons having a boiling point in the range from 260° C. up to 343° C. per gram of the composition;
  • at least 0.3 gram of hydrocarbons having a boiling point in the range from 343° C. to 538° C. per gram of the composition; and
  • at most 0.03 gram of hydrocarbons having a boiling point of greater than 538° C. per gram of the composition;
  • at least 0.0005 gram of sulfur per gram of the composition, wherein at least 40 wt. % of the sulfur is contained in hydrocarbon compounds having a carbon number of 17 or less as determined by GC-GC sulfur chemiluminescence, where at least 60 wt. % of the sulfur in the sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compounds having a carbon number of 17 or less is contained in benzothiophenic compounds as determined by GC-GC sulfur chemiluminescence.

Claims

1. A composition, comprising:

at least 0.05 grams of hydrocarbons having boiling point in the range from an initial boiling point of the composition up to 204°

C. per gram of the composition;

at least 0.1 gram of hydrocarbons having a boiling point in the range from 204°

C. up to 260°

C. per gram of the composition;

at least 0.25 gram of hydrocarbons having a boiling point in the range from 260°

C. up to 343°

C. per gram of the composition;

at least 0.3 gram of hydrocarbons having a boiling point in the range from 343°

C. to 538°

C. per gram of the composition; and

at most 0.03 gram of hydrocarbons having a boiling point of greater than 538°

C. per gram of the composition;

at least 0.0005 gram of sulfur per gram of the composition, wherein at least 40 wt. % of the sulfur is contained in hydrocarbon compounds having a carbon number of 17 or less as determined by GC-GC sulfur chemiluminescence, where at least 60 wt. % of the sulfur in the sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compounds having a carbon number of 17 or less is contained in benzothiophenic compounds as determined by GC-GC sulfur chemiluminescence.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein at least 50 wt. % of the sulfur in the composition is contained in hydrocarbons having a carbon number of 17 or less.

3. The composition of claim 1 further comprising at least 0.4 grams of aromatic hydrocarbons per gram of the composition.

4. The composition of claim 1, further comprising aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon compounds comprise mono-aromatic hydrocarbon compounds and polyaromatic hydrocarbon compounds, where the polyaromatic compounds contain two or more aromatic rings, and wherein the mono-aromatic hydrocarbon compounds are present in a weight ratio relative to the polyaromatic hydrocarbon compounds of at least 1.5:

1.0.