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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
John Brian Green, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Ricky Eugene Snelling, Tulsa, OK (US);
Laura Lee Young, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Dale Lee Embry, Houston, TX (US);
Herbert Robert Pinnick, Jr., Bartlesville, OK (US);
John Brian Green, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Ricky Eugene Snelling, Tulsa, OK (US);
Laura Lee Young, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Dale Lee Embry, Houston, TX (US);
Herbert Robert Pinnick, Jr., Bartlesville, OK (US);
Phillips 66 Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method for determining Total Acid Number (TAN) in a fluid fossil fuel, such as a crude oil, comprising: separating said fluid fossil fuel by liquid chromatography into a plurality of fractions, comprising at least one acidic fraction; determining boiling point distribution of said crude oil, of said acidic fraction, and of said polyacidic fraction by simulated distillation (SD); and correlating said boiling point distributions to acid molecular weights to determine the TAN.