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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2019
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Benjamin A. McCool, Annandale, NJ (US);
Yogesh V. Joshi, Annandale, NJ (US);
Dhaval A. Bhandari, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Roberto Garcia, Easton, PA (US);
Randall D. Partridge, Califon, NJ (US);
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for separating a wax product from a hydrocarbon feedstream by a) conducting a hydrocarbon feedstream to a membrane separation zone; b) retrieving at least one retentate product stream from the first side of the membrane element; c) retrieving at least one permeate product stream having a wax phase and an oil phase from a second side of the membrane element, wherein a pour point of the wax phase of the permeate product stream is higher than a pour point of the oil phase of permeate product stream; and d) separating a wax product from the wax phase of the permeate product stream.