Development of correlations between deasphalted oil yield and Hansen solubility parameters of heavy oil SARA fractions for solvent deasphalting extraction

Jun Woo Park; Min Yong Kim; Soo Ik Im; Kang Seok Go; Nam Sun Nho; Ki Bong Lee

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.107, 456-465, March, 2022

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.12.015 Export Citation

Development of correlations between deasphalted oil yield and Hansen solubility parameters of heavy oil SARA fractions for solvent deasphalting extraction

Jun Woo Park¹, Min Yong Kim^{1, 2}, Soo Ik Im¹, Kang Seok Go², Nam Sun Nho^{2, †}, and Ki Bong Lee^{1, †}

¹Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
²Climate Change Research Division, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), 152 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34129, Republic of Korea

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Solvent deasphalting (SDA) is a heavy oil upgrading process that selectively extracts deasphalted oil (DAO) and rejects asphaltenes. In this study, a quantitative analysis was conducted to predict DAO yields in the SDA process using relative energy difference (RED); the RED was calculated from Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) of the feedstock and extraction solvent along with the extraction conditions, such as temperature and solvent-to-oil ratio (SOR). SDA extraction experiments were performed in a continuous bench-scale unit using vacuum residue (VR) and a mixture of bunker C fuel oil (BC) and VR as feedstocks. The HSPs of saturate, aromatic, resin, and asphaltene fractions derived from the VR and BC were measured using solubility tests, wherein the fractions were dissolved in 37 different solvents. Finally, simple and accurate correlations between the DAO yield and corresponding modified RED were acquired and used to explain the effects of temperature and SOR on the DAO yield.

Keywords:Solvent deasphalting;Solvent extraction;Deasphalted oil;Hansen solubility parameters;Heavy oil upgrading;SARA analysis

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