Kerosene yields

Along the same lines, a distillation can be simulated by gas phase chromatography. As in a refinery, distillation in the laboratory is very often the first step to be carried out, because it gives the yields in different cuts gasoline, kerosene, etc., and makes further characterization of the cuts possible. 

In a single stage with liquid recycle, total conversion to products lighter than the feedstock is possible. The yield of kerosene plus diesel is between 70 and 73 weight %. 

There are a number of minerals in which thorium is found. Thus a number of basic process flow sheets exist for the recovery of thorium from ores (10). The extraction of mona ite from sands is accompHshed via the digestion of sand using hot base, which converts the oxide to the hydroxide form. The hydroxide is then dissolved in hydrochloric acid and the pH adjusted to between 5 and 6, affording the separation of thorium from the less acidic lanthanides. Thorium hydroxide is dissolved in nitric acid and extracted using methyl isobutyl ketone or tributyl phosphate in kerosene to yield Th(N02)4,... 

For solvent extraction of pentavalent vanadium as a decavanadate anion, the leach solution is acidified to ca pH 3 by addition of sulfuric acid. Vanadium is extracted in about four countercurrent mixer—settler stages by a 3—5 wt % solution of a tertiary alkyl amine in kerosene. The organic solvent is stripped by a soda-ash or ammonium hydroxide solution, and addition of ammoniacal salts to the rich vanadium strip Hquor yields ammonium metavanadate. A small part of the metavanadate is marketed in that form and some is decomposed at a carefully controlled low temperature to make air-dried or fine granular pentoxide, but most is converted to fused pentoxide by thermal decomposition at ca 450°C, melting at 900°C, then chilling and flaking. 

High molecular weight primary, secondary, and tertiary amines can be employed as extractants for zirconium and hafnium in hydrochloric acid (49—51). With similar aqueous-phase conditions, the selectivity is in the order tertiary > secondary > primary amines. The addition of small amounts of nitric acid increases the separation of zirconium and hafnium but decreases the zirconium yield. Good extraction of zirconium and hafnium from ca 1 Af sulfuric acid has been effected with tertiary amines (52—54), with separation factors of 10 or more. A system of this type, using trioctylarnine in kerosene as the organic solvent, is used by Nippon Mining of Japan in the production of zirconium (55). 

Operation of aircraft gas turbines on a wider cut than the 160—260°C fraction of cmde to expand avadabihty has been considered (24). Boiling range is limited at the low boiling end by flammabdity, ie, flash point, and at the high boiling end by low temperature needs, ie, freezing point. In the case of Jet A, a reduction of flash point from 38°C to 32°C would increase yield by 17% an increase in Jet A1 freezing point to —40°C would add about 25% to the kerosene pool. 

Petroleum refining begins by fractional distillation of crude oil into three principal cuts according to boiling point (bp) straight-run gasoline (bp 30-200 °C), kerosene (bp 175-300 °C), and heating oil, or diesel fuel (bp 275-400 °C). Further distillation under reduced pressure then yields... 

At the end of the heating period the contents of the flask will have solidified. To the cold mixture 40 ml. of water is added to hydrolyze the potassium methoxide and precipitate the pyrimidine the fine crystals are filtered and dried. The crude product is placed in a 500-ml. distilling flask with 250 ml. of purified kerosene (Note 3). On distilling the kerosene, the pyrimidine codistils and solidifies in the receiving flask to a snow-white mass of crystals. These are filtered, washed well with petroleum ether, and dried in an oven at 100°. The yield of pure material, melting at 182-183°, is 27.5-28.7 g. (67-70%) (Note 4). 

A refinery has available two crude oils that have the yields shown in the following table. Because of equipment and storage limitations, production of gasoline, kerosene, and fuel oil must be limited as also shown in this table. There are no plant limitations on the production of other products such as gas oils. 

The solvent process involves treating phthalonitrile with any one of a number of copper salts in the presence of a solvent at 120 to 220°C [10]. Copper(I)chloride is most important. The list of suitable solvents is headed by those with a boiling point above 180°C, such as trichlorobenzene, nitrobenzene, naphthalene, and kerosene. A metallic catalyst such as molybdenum oxide or ammonium molybdate may be added to enhance the yield, to shorten the reaction time, and to reduce the necessary temperature. Other suitable catalysts are carbonyl compounds of molybdenum, titanium, or iron. The process may be accelerated by adding ammonia, urea, or tertiary organic bases such as pyridine or quinoline. As a result of improved temperature maintenance and better reaction control, the solvent method affords yields of 95% and more, even on a commercial scale. There is a certain disadvantage to the fact that the solvent reaction requires considerably more time than dry methods. 

Palm oil has been cracked at atmospheric pressure and a reaction temperature of 723 K to produce biofuel in a fixed-bed microreactor. The reaction was carried out over microporous HZSM-5 zeolite, mesoporous MCM-41, and composite micromesoporous zeolite as catalysts. The products obtained were gas, organic liquid product, water, and coke. The organic liquid product was composed of hydrocarbons corresponding to gasoline, kerosene, and diesel boiling point range. The maximiun conversion of palm oil, 99 wt.%, and gasoUne yield of 48 wt.% was... 

Economic analysis performed for refineries in certain markets have calculated that the benefit of being able to increase kerosene and jet fuel production yield was an improvement of 3-6 cents per barrel over previous operational conditions. On an 180000 barrel per day crude unit this equates to a benefit of 2000000-4000000 per year. Several other refiners are utilizing NMR analyzers on the feed and products of crude units for control and optimization, AGIP has an NMR analyzer for monitoring the feed. 

The extent of kerosene trapping was determined quantitatively in a series of laboratory and outdoor experiments with Swedish soils (Jarsjo et al. 1994), yielding an empirical equation for the kerosene residual content as a function of soil composition ... 

Sidestream distillate cuts of kerosene, heating oil, and gas oil can be separated in a single tower or in a series of topping towers, each tower yielding a successively heavier product stream. 

It also may be prepared by extraction of weak borax brine with a kerosene solution of an aromatic diol, sucb as 2-etbyl-l,3-hexanediol or 3-cbloro-2-hydroxy-5-(l,l,3,3-tetrametbylbutyl)benzyl alcohol. The diol-borate chelate formed separates into a kerosene phase. Treatment with sulfuric acid yields boric acid which partitions into aqueous phase and is purified by recrys-taUization. 

In addition to Ni catalysts, Lee and Park explored some unconventional catalysts, such as limestone, dolomite, and iron ore, in a fluidized bed reactor to carry out SR of kerosene and bunker oil. H2 yields from SR of bunker oil over various catalysts (temperature = 800°C, bed height = 10 cm, superficial gas velocity = 20 cm/sec, and S/C = 1.6) were sand (20%), iron ore (29%), commercial Ni catalyst (89%), limestone (93%), and dolomite (76%). Limestone as a SR catalyst looked very promising, but H2 yields over a limestone catalyst decreased over time due to elutriation of fines during the reaction. A fluidized-bed reactor was advantageous for reforming of higher hydrocarbons, due to its ability to replace coked catalyst with fresh catalyst during operation. 

Recently, Takenaka et studied a series of base metal catalysts supported on various ceramic oxides for catalytic cracking of kerosene fuel. Yields of H2 and methane from a model kerosene fuel (52 wt% n-Ci2, 27 wt% diethylbenzene and 21 wt% t-butylcyclohexane) over various base metals at 600°C are shown in Figure 33. Ni/Ti02 showed the highest catalytic activity for the cracking reaction of kerosene fuel, and also maintained a better performance for the kerosene feed that contained benzothiophene. However, the catalytic performance of the... 

Figure 33 Yields of H2 and CH4 from decomposition of a model kerosene fuel over various catalysts at 600°C (Reprinted with permission from Takenaka et al., copyright (2004) American Chemical Society)...

POTASSIUM. [CAS 7440-09-7]. Chemical element, symbol K, at, no. 19, at. wt. 39.098, periodic table group 1 (alkali metals i, mp 63,3cC, bp 760°C. density 0.86 g/cm3 (20°C). Elemental potassium has a body-centered cubic crystal structure. Potassium is a silver-white metal, can be readily molded, and cut by a knife, oxidizes instantly on exposure to air, and reacts violently with H2O, yielding potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas, which burns spontaneously in air with a violet flame due to volatilized potassium element, is preserved under kerosene, burns in air at a red heat with a violet flame. Discovered by Davy in 1807. 

Sodium is a silvery-white metal. It can be readily molded and cut by knife. It oxidizes instantly on exposure to air. and reacts with water violently, yielding sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. consequently is preserved under kerosene, and bums in air at a red heat with yellow flame. Discovered by Davy in 1807. 

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