Process for the storage and transportation of liquid hydrocarbons

US5276248A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Cassella Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Fritz Engelhardt · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Gerlinde Ebert · Rödermark, DE
• Heinz Hoffmann
• Gerhard Platz · Neunkirchen, DE
• Werner Ritschel · Hofheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 1992
• Grant date: Jan 4, 1994
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/0391
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of hydrocarbon-rich gels as a safe storage or transportation form for liquid hydrocarbons and to a process for the safe storage and safe transportion of liquid hydrocarbons, characterised in that PA0 a) the hydrocarbon is converted into a hydrocarbon-rich gel by addition of a surfactant and water and PA0 b) after storage or transportation has taken place, the hydrocarbon-rich gel is broken down again.