Process for increasing the yield of lubricating base oil from a Fischer-Tropsch plant
US6605206B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S208/95
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for increasing the yield of C10 plus hydrocarbon products from a Fischer-Tropsch plant which comprises the steps of (a) separating a Fischer-Tropsch product into a wax fraction and a condensate fraction; (b) dewaxing the wax fraction to produce a high boiling intermediate; (c) hydrofinishing the high boiling intermediate; (d) dehydrating the alcohols in the condensate fraction to convert them into olefins; (e) oligomerizing the olefins to form higher molecular weight hydrocarbons; (f) hydrofinishing the oligomerization mixture; and (g) and recovering a C10 plus hydrocarbon product from the hydrofinishing zone.
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