HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS

• US 20150337208A1
• Filed: 05/23/2014
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Auterra, Inc., Cenovus Energy Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Auterra, Inc., Cenovus Energy Incorporated
• Inventors: Litz, Kyle E., Rankin, Jonathan P.
• Application Number:
  US14/286,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20150337208A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 21/063 Titanium; Oxides or hydroxides thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 21/08 Silica
• CPC Class Codes: C10G 1/04 by extraction

Abstract

A hydrocarbon product having at least 0.1 grams per gram of hydrocarbon product having a boiling range distribution from an initial boiling point to approximately 739° C. wherein the hydrocarbon products are further characterized by an infrared spectroscopy reference peak, centered between approximately 1445 cm⁻¹ and 1465 cm⁻¹, a first infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1310 cm⁻¹ and 1285 cm⁻¹, wherein the height of the first infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 28% of the height of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak and a second infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1135 cm⁻¹ and 1110 cm⁻¹, wherein the height of the second infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 22% of the height of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak.

Claims

1. A hydrocarbon composition comprising:

at least 0.1 grams per gram of hydrocarbon product having a boiling range distribution from an initial boiling point to approximately 739°

C.;

an infrared spectroscopy reference peak, centered between approximately 1445 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1465 cm<sup>−

1</sup>;

a first infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1310 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1285 cm<sup>−

1</sup>, wherein the height or area of the first infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 28% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak; and

a second infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1135 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1110 cm<sup>−

1</sup>, wherein the height or area of the second infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 22% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak.

2. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1, further comprising a third infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1040 cm⁻

1 and 1000 cm<sup>−

1</sup>, wherein the height or area of the third infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 22% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak.

3. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1 wherein at least 0.4 grams per gram of hydrocarbon product has a boiling range distribution from an initial boiling point to approximately 739°

C.

4. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon composition has a total acid number less than 0.5 mg KOH per gram of hydrocarbon product.

5. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1, wherein the viscosity of the hydrocarbon composition is less than the viscosity of a hydrocarbon feed from which the hydrocarbon composition is derived, at 80°

C.

6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the viscosity of the hydrocarbon composition is less than the viscosity of a hydrocarbon feed from which the hydrocarbon product is derived, at 15°

C.

7. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1, wherein the API gravity is at least 12.

8. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1, wherein the composition has a sulfur content of less than 6.0 weight percent (wt %).

9. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1, wherein the composition has a nitrogen content of less than 0.2 wt %.

10. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1, wherein the composition has an oxygen content of less than 1.2 wt %.

11. The hydrocarbon composition of claim 1, wherein the infrared spectroscopy reference peak is measured neat by attenuated total reflectance Fourier Transform infrared Spectroscopy.

12. A hydrocarbon product comprising:

at most 0.3 grams per gram of the hydrocarbon product is insoluble in n-heptane;

at least 0.1 grams per gram of the hydrocarbon product has a boiling point greater than 738°

C.;

an infrared spectroscopy reference peak, centered between approximately 1445 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1465 cm<sup>−

1</sup>;

an infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1040 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1000 cm<sup>−

1</sup>, wherein the height or area of the second infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 22% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak; and

a second infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1135 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1110 cm<sup>−

1</sup>;

wherein the height or area of the first infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 22% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak.

13. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12 further comprising a third infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1310 cm⁻

1 and 1285 cm<sup>−

1</sup>, wherein the height or area of the third infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 28% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak.

14. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the total acid number of the hydrocarbon product is less than a hydrocarbon feed from which the hydrocarbon product is derived.

15. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the viscosity at 80°

C. is less than the viscosity of the hydrocarbon feed.

16. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the viscosity measured at 15°

C. is less than the viscosity of the hydrocarbon feed.

17. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the density is less than 1.05 g/cc at 15°

C.

18. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the density at 80°

C., 100°

C. and 120°

C. provides an implied density of less than 1.05 g/cc when extrapolated to 15°

C.

19. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the sulfur content is less than the hydrocarbon feed.

20. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the nitrogen content is less than the hydrocarbon feed.

21. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the hydrocarbon product has a metal content less than the metal content of the hydrocarbon feed.

22. The hydrocarbon product of claim 12, wherein the hydrocarbon product has a total acid number of less than 0.5 mg KOH per gram of hydrocarbon product.

24. The hydrocarbon product of claim 22, further comprising a third infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1135 cm⁻

1 and 1110 cm<sup>−

1</sup>, wherein the height or area of the third infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 22% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak

25. The hydrocarbon product of claim 22, wherein sulfur content is less than 6.0 wt %.

26. The hydrocarbon product of claim 22, wherein the nitrogen content is less than 0.3 wt %.

27. The hydrocarbon product of claim 22, wherein the oxygen content is less than 1.25 wt %.

23. A hydrocarbon product comprising:

0.01 to 0.25 grams of hydrocarbons per gram of the hydrocarbon product having a boiling range distribution from an IBP to approximately 204°

C.;

an infrared spectroscopy reference peak, centered between approximately 1445 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1465 cm<sup>−

1</sup>;

a first infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1310 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1285 cm<sup>−

1</sup>, wherein the height or area of the third infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 28% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak; and

a second infrared spectroscopy peak between approximately 1040 cm<sup>−

1</sup> and 1000 cm<sup>−

1</sup>, wherein the height or area of the second infrared spectroscopy peak is at least approximately 22% of the height or area of the infrared spectroscopy reference peak.