An energy-saving opportunity in producing lubricating oil using mixed-solventin simulated Rotary Disc Contacting (RDC) extraction tower

M.S. Hatamipour, S.M. Fakhr Hoseini, T. Tavakkoli and A.H. Mehrkesh

Energy, 2010, vol. 35, issue 5, 2130-2133

Abstract: Industrial processes are the most energy consuming processes in the world. Modification of these processes helps us with controlling the consumption of energy and minimizing energy loss. Changing raw materials is one of the ways through which we can optimize industrial processes. In this paper, a new solvent mixture (furfural+a co-solvent) was used for the extraction of lubricating base oil from lube-oil cut. It was found that the energy consumption of the new solvent mixture for obtaining a product with the same quality was much lower than the original solvent. By using this new solvent mixture, the operating temperature of the top of tower was reduced by 30K. This leads to a high reduction in energy consumption in extraction of aromatics from lube oil. At our new extraction process by means of using new solvent mixture, the maximum energy saving was 38% per cubic meter of produced raffinate.

Keywords: Energy saving; Co-solvent; Lubricating oil; Process modification; RDC simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.01.031

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