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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Chris Hardacre, Belfast, GB;
Peter Goodrich, Belfast, GB;
Kris Anderson, Belfast, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 21/27 (2006.01); C10G 29/20 (2006.01); C10G 21/28 (2006.01); C10G 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 21/27 (2013.01); C10G 21/28 (2013.01); C10G 25/003 (2013.01); C10G 2300/104 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1044 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1051 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1055 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1062 (2013.01); C10G 2300/203 (2013.01); C10G 2400/02 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01); C10G 2400/08 (2013.01); C10G 2400/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the removal of organic acids, particularly naphthenic acids, from crude oils and crude oil distillates by use of a supported basic ionic liquid in a mass ratio of crude oil and/or crude oil distillate and ionic liquid of from greater than 40:1, the basic ionic liquid comprises a basic anion selected from serinate, prolinate, histidinate, threoninate, valinate, asparaginate, taurinate and lysinate.