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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Himanshu Gupta, Clinton, NJ (US);
James W. Gleeson, Magnolia, TX (US);
Travis M. DeShazo, Annandale, NJ (US);
Khizera Tariq, Manassas, VA (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 11/04 (2006.01); C10G 47/02 (2006.01); C10G 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 11/0492 (2013.01); C10G 11/02 (2013.01); C10G 47/02 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1081 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1088 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods comprising contacting a residue comprising paraffinic, olefinic, and aromatic hydrocarbons with a polar solvent under conditions effective to extract at least a portion of the aromatic hydrocarbons from the residue into the polar solvent, thereby generating: an extract phase comprising the portion of aromatic hydrocarbons and the polar solvent; and, a raffinate phase comprising a majority of the paraffinic and olefinic hydrocarbons.