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›› 2008, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (4): 564-569.

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Pretreatment of Crude Oil by Ultrasonic-electric United Desalting and Dewatering

YE Guoxiang, L� Xiaoping, PENG Fei, HAN Pingfang, SHEN Xuan   

  1. Institute of Sonochemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, China
  • Received:2007-08-26 Revised:2008-01-24 Online:2008-08-28 Published:2008-08-28

Pretreatment of Crude Oil by Ultrasonic-electric United Desalting and Dewatering

叶国祥, 吕效平, 彭飞, 韩萍芳, 沈旋   

  1. Institute of Sonochemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, China
  • 通讯作者: LÜ Xiaoping, E-mail: xplu@njut.edu.cn

Abstract: A technology of ultrasonic-electric united desalting and dewatering of crude oil is studied. The ultrasonic setup is designed to form a standing-wave field, which is more efficient for agglomeration of water particles. The desalting and dewatering results of the ultrasonic-electric united process are compared with those of the electric process. For high salt-contenting crude oil (40-70 mg·L-1), the salt content is still above 10.0 mg·L-1 after crude oil has been treated by two-stage electric desalting process in refinery, which cannot meet the need of refinery. Ultrasonic-electric united process is a novel technology for treating the high salt-contenting oil. On the optimal operating conditions of the ultrasonic-electric united process, the salt content of crude oil can be reduced from 67.5 mg·L-1 to 3.97 mg·L-1 by one-stage ultrasonic-electric united process, and the water content falls below 0.3% (by volume). The results show that the ultrasonic-electric united process is more effective than the electric process in high salt-contenting oil desalting. This technology should be useful in the refinery process.

Key words: crude oil, ultrasonic-electric united process, desalting, dewatering

摘要: A technology of ultrasonic-electric united desalting and dewatering of crude oil is studied. The ultrasonic setup is designed to form a standing-wave field, which is more efficient for agglomeration of water particles. The desalting and dewatering results of the ultrasonic-electric united process are compared with those of the electric process. For high salt-contenting crude oil (40-70 mg·L-1), the salt content is still above 10.0 mg·L-1 after crude oil has been treated by two-stage electric desalting process in refinery, which cannot meet the need of refinery. Ultrasonic-electric united process is a novel technology for treating the high salt-contenting oil. On the optimal operating conditions of the ultrasonic-electric united process, the salt content of crude oil can be reduced from 67.5 mg·L-1 to 3.97 mg·L-1 by one-stage ultrasonic-electric united process, and the water content falls below 0.3% (by volume). The results show that the ultrasonic-electric united process is more effective than the electric process in high salt-contenting oil desalting. This technology should be useful in the refinery process.

关键词: crude oil, ultrasonic-electric united process, desalting, dewatering