Petroleum products, value

In the fire codes, the atmospheric boiling point is an important physical property used to classify the degree of hazardousness of a Hquid. If a mixture of Hquids is heated, it starts to bod at some temperature but continues to rise ia temperature over a boiling temperature range. Because the mixture does not have a definite boiling poiat, the NFPA fire codes define a comparable value of boiling poiat for the purposes of classifying Hquids. For petroleum mixture, it is based on the 10% poiat of a distillation performed ia accordance with ASTM D86, Standard Method of Test for Distillation of Petroleum Products. 

Eor petroleum, this value represents primarily feedstock used in nonenergy products such as asphalt, as well as some feedstock used for petrochemicals. 

For many years the petroleum industry has defined nonconductive liquids as having conductivities less than 50 pS/m. A higher value of 100 pS/m is used here to address the higher dielectric constants of certain flammable chemicals in relation to petroleum products. For example the dielectric constant of ethyl ether is 4.6 versus 2.3 for benzene from Eq. (2-3.2), ethyl ether therefore has the same relaxation time at a conductivity of 100 pS/m as benzene at a conductivity of 50 pS/m. It is the relaxation time, not the conductivity alone, that determines the rate of loss of charge hence the same logic that makes 50 pS/m appropriate for identifying nonconductive hydrocarbons makes 100 pS/m appropriate for identifying nonconductive chemical products. 

Lubricants are not generally regarded as being corrosive, and in order to appreciate how corrosion can occur in lubricant systems it is necessary to understand something of the nature of lubricants. Once, lubricants were almost exclusively animal or vegetable oils or fats, but modern requirements in the way of volume and special properties have made petroleum the main source of supply. In volume, lubricants now represent about 2% of all petroleum products in value, considerably more. 

C06-0115. Refer to Figure 6-22 to answer the following questions (a) Before 1985, what was the highest value for petroleum production, and in what year (b) What percentage of energy was provided by coal in 1945 (c) When was the first year in which coal provided less energy than either natural gas or petroleum ... 

Electrodes of the first kind have only limited application to titration in non-aqueous media a well-known example is the use of a silver electrode in the determination of sulphides and/or mercaptans in petroleum products by titration in methanol-benzene (1 1) with methanolic silver nitrate as titrant. As an indicator electrode of the second kind the antimony pH electrode (or antimony/antimony trioxide electrode) may be mentioned its standard potential value depends on proton solvation in the titration medium chosen cf., the equilibrium reaction on p. 46). 

Result The recovery of different fractions of petroleum distillate under atmospheric pressure was more than under reduced pressure because at lower pressure the vapour pressure of lighter molecule of crude oil increased so that they were siphoned out from the system without being condensed. Whereas a combination of distillation of lighter fraction under normal atmospheric pressure followed by the distillation of heavier contents under reduced pressure showed an improvement in the recovery of petroleum products. Recovery of distillates was still more when crude oil was first sonicated and then distilled under normal and reduced pressures. The viscosity of distillate increased with sonication whereas there was a decrease in value of density. 

Recovery of spilled hydrocarbons has been occurring almost as long as petroleum has been refined. The earliest attempt reported was the use of pitcher pumps attached to shallow posthole depth wells along a breached pipeline. This pre-1900 effort was not driven by environmental concerns, but by its ease in recovery and the perceived economic value of the oil. Most recovery efforts were continued until the labor value exceeded the product value, and then stopped. Primitive equipment, coupled with a lack of understanding of the mechanics of product migration in the subsurface, and the relatively low value placed on the recovered product provided little incentive for the development of remedial technologies. 

On this basis, petroleum may have some value in the crude state but, when refined, provides fuel gas, petrochemical gas (methane, ethane, propane, and butane), fiansportation fuel (gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel), solvents, lubricants, asphalt, and many other products. In addition to the hydrocarbon constituents, petroleum does contain heteroatomic (nonhydrocarbon) species, but they are in the minority compared to the number of carbon and hydrogen atoms. They do, nevertheless, impose a major influence on the behavior of petroleum and petroleum products as well as on the refining processes (Speight and Ozum, 2002). 

Specific contaminants that are components of total petroleum hydrocarbons, such as BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene), n-hexane, jet fuels, fuel oils, and mineral-based crankcase oil have been studied and a number of toxicological profiles have been developed on individual constituents and petroleum products. However, the character of the total petroleum hydrocarbons has not been studied extensively and no profiles have been developed. Although several toxicological profiles have been developed for petroleum products and for specific chemicals found in petroleum, the total petroleum hydrocarbon test results have been too nonspecific to be of real value in the assessment of its potential health effects. 

In the method (ASTM D287), the API gravity is determined using a glass hydrometer for petroleum and petroleum products that are normally handled as liquids and that have a Reid vapor pressure of 26 psi (180 kPa) or less. The API gravity is determined at 15.6°C (60°F), or converted to values at 60°F, by means of standard tables. These tables are not applicable to nonhydrocarbons or essentially pure hydrocarbons such as the aromatics. 

Upgrading the conversion of petroleum to value-added salable products. 

The electrolyte concentration in an aqueous solvent may affect dissolution of petroleum products, which are composed of a mixture of hydrocarbons. Dror et al. (2000a) considered increasing concentrations of NaCl in water, up to a value... 

In the United States, approximately one-third of all processed crude oil, amounting to about 5 x 10° bbl/day, is catalytically converted over fluidized catalysts. Over 500 tons of catalyst are required daily, yielding sales that in 1987 were estimated at -250 million dollars (1). Thus, in terms of catalyst usage and product value, catalytic cracking is still the most important unit operation of the petroleumrefining industry. This year, the worldwide sales of catalysts to the petroleum, petrochemical, and chemical industry are expected to exceed 2.4 billion dollars, and catalyst producers are preparing themselves for the turn of the century when catalysts are projected to become a 5 billion dollars per year global business (2). 

The refractive index (n) of a feed sample is proportional to its aromatic content the higher the value the more aromatic compounds are present in the feed. There are many methods to predict composition of petroleum products based on refractive index measurements [11]. The best linear regression model to predict refractive index (n) based on H-NMR spectra has the form ... 

The solvency of a petroleum product is a function of the aromatic content. The Kauri-Butanol KB value is used to describe the solvency power of a petroleum product. There are both advantages and disadvantages associated with high fuel or oil KB values. 

Paraffins function poorly as a solvent for some organic compounds. This fact can have various consequences. For example, gums, deposits, and fuel degradation products will not be dissolved or held in solution by high-paraffin-content fuels. As a result, gums and degradation products will fall from solution and settle onto fuel system parts such as storage tank bottoms and fuel system lines. The KB value for selected petroleum products is provided in TABLE 5-4. 

Information is sometimes needed about the human and environmental hazards associated with handling and shipping various petroleum products. This information can often be obtained by utilizing the physical property values and product safety data information compiled for hazardous materials. This chapter contains valuable safety and hazard information for common fuels, oils and solvents. 

Fuel Oils Refined petroleum products having specific gravities in the range of 0.85 to 0.98 and flash point temperatures above 55 °C. This includes auto diesel, industrial heating fuels, various bunker fuels, furnace fuels. Refer to Chapter 4 for specific examples and discussion of properties. Fuel Value Refers to the amount of potential energy that can be released by a fuel during combustion. Expressed in units of BTUs per pond of fuel. Examples are asphalt (17,158 BTU/lb typical value), LPG (18,000 BTU/lb), wood shavings (8,250 BTU/lb). 

Under present supply conditions, and bearing in mind the economic law of marginal utility, combustion still establishes the market values of natural gas liquids and other primary petroleum products. Still there are other chemical reactions of major importance in the utilization of natural gas liquids. 

Redwood viscosity—method for determining the viscosity of petroleum products it is widely used in Europe, but has limited use in the U.S. The method is similar to Saybolt Universal viscosity viscosity values are reported as "Redwood seconds."... 

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