Petroleum Chemistry, Vol.53, No.3, 164-170, 2013
Recovery of the diesel fraction of oil sludge by engaging in the deep hydrotreating process for manufacturing ultraclean diesel fuels
The possibility of involvement of diesel fractions obtained from petroleum waste in hydrotreating feedstock for the manufacture of diesel fuels that meet the Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards has been studied. The hydrogen treatment of a mixed feedstock, composed of diesel fractions of oil sludge (DFS), straight-run diesel fraction (SDF), and light catalytically cracked gas (LCCGO), conducted in a laboratory flow unit using the HTRU-120 CoMo/Al2O3 catalyst (340-360A degrees C, 3.5 and 4.0 MPa, LHSV of 1.5-2.0 h(-1), the hydrogen : feedstock ratios of 350 and 500 nL/L) has revealed that DFS can be used as a feedstock component for hydrotreating units used to manufacture diesel fuel that meets the Euro 4 and Euro 5 standards. If the process parameters of severe hydrogen treatment are maintained, as large an amount of DFS as 5 wt % can be involved in the hydrotreating unit feedstock. The samples of stabilized hydrogenation products obtained from this feedstock meet all the requirements of GOST (State Standard) R 52368-2005.