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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Krista Marie Prentice, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Jason M. McMullan, Houston, TX (US);
Michel Daage, Hellertown, PA (US);
Gregory J. DeMartin, Flemington, NJ (US);
John Stephen Szobota, Morristown, NJ (US);
Ronald M. Gould, Sewell, NJ (US);
Anastasios Ioannis Skoulidas, Calgary, CA;
Ajit Bhaskar Dandekar, Falls Church, VA (US);
Patrick Loring Hanks, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Charles Lambert Baker, Jr., Thornton, PA (US);
Lei Zhang, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
X B Cox, III, Fairfax, VA (US);
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for using field enhanced separations to produce multiple fractions from a petroleum input. A liquid thermal diffusion and/or electric field separation is used to produce the fractions. The fractions can then be used to form multiple outputs that share a first feature while being different with regard to a second feature. For example, a first fraction from the plurality of fractions can have a desired value for a first property such as viscosity index. Two or more additional fractions from the plurality of fractions can then be blended together to make a blended fraction or output. The blended fraction can have a value for the first property that is substantially similar to the value for the first fraction. However, for a second property, the first fraction and the blended fraction can have distinct values. As a result, multiple output fractions can be formed that share a first feature but differ in a second feature.