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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2005
Applicants:
Johannes Leendert Willem Cornelis Den Boestert, Amsterdam, NL;
Jeroen Van Westrenen, Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Johannes Leendert Willem Cornelis Den Boestert, Amsterdam, NL;
Jeroen Van Westrenen, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10C 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Process for separating colour bodies and/or asphalthenic contaminants from a hydrocarbon mixture using a membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, by contacting the hydrocarbon mixture with the feed side of the membrane, and by removing at the permeate side a hydrocarbon permeate having a reduced content of colour bodies and/or asphalthenic contaminants, wherein the membrane is arranged in a spirally wound membrane module.