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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1996
Ronald M Gould, Sewell, NJ (US);
Harold A Kloczewski, Pasadena, MD (US);
Krishna S Menon, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Thomas E Sulpizio, Lompoc, CA (US);
Lloyd S White, Columbia, MD (US);
Mobil Oil Corporation, Fairfax, VA (US);
Abstract
A semicontinuous process for solvent dewaxing a waxy petroleum oil feed stream including the steps of: diluting of the waxy oil feed stream with solvent; feeding cold oil/solvent/wax mixture to a filter to remove the wax and obtain an oil/solvent filtrate stream; contacting the oil/solvent filtrate stream with a selective semipermeable membrane to selectively transfer solvent through the membrane to obtain a solvent-rich permeate; and periodically directing a warm stream of recovered solvent onto the membrane surface to wash the membrane and remove impurities therefrom.