Abstract: A process for producing high octane alkylate is provided. The process involves reacting isobutane and ethylene using an ionic liquid catalyst. Reaction conditions can be chosen to assist in attaining, or to optimize, desirable alkylate yields and/or properties.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon feed stream may be processed by a method that may include catalytically cracking a hydrocarbon feed stream in a counter-current reactor to produce a first effluent stream, and processing a portion or all of the first effluent stream by at least one or more separations. The at least one or more separations may form at least a second effluent stream including at least 95 wt. % C4-C6 hydrocarbons, and a third effluent stream including at least 95 wt. % of ethane, propane, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the method may further include catalytically cracking a portion or all of the second effluent stream in a second reactor to form a second reactor effluent stream, combining a portion of all of the second reactor effluent stream with the first effluent stream, steam cracking a portion or all of the third effluent stream to form a steam cracked effluent stream, and combining a portion or all of the steam cracked effluent stream with the first effluent.

Abstract: Systems and methods of production for consistently sized and shaped optically anisotropic mesophase pitch from vacuum residue, one method including supplying processed vacuum residue to an extruder; heating the processed vacuum residue throughout a horizontal profile of the extruder from an inlet to an outlet of the extruder; venting hydrocarbon off-gases from the extruder along the horizontal profile of the extruder from the inlet to the outlet of the extruder; and physically shaping the consistently sized and shaped mesophase pitch at the outlet of the extruder for production of carbon fibers.

Abstract: A quantum dot composition includes a quantum dot having a surface to which a ligand is bonded, and a thermal decomposition auxiliary compound. The quantum dot composition may be applied to an emission layer of a light emitting element and a display device, thereby improving luminous efficiency of the light emitting element and the display device.

Abstract: A process for producing light olefins comprising thermal cracking. Hydrocracked streams are thermally cracked in a steam cracker to produce light olefins. A pyrolysis gas stream is separated into a light stream and a heavy stream. A light stream is separated into an aromatic naphtha stream and a non-aromatic naphtha stream. The aromatics can be saturated and thermally cracked. The integrated process may be employed to obtain olefin products of high value from a crude stream.

Abstract: A method for desulfurization and contaminant reduction of fuel oil is provided. The method includes mixing, in a first container, the fuel oil with a first catalyst to oxidize sulfur containing compounds in the fuel oil to obtain one or more of a sulfoxide and a sulfone and oxidize metal contaminants in the fuel oil to obtain oxides of the contaminants, thereby forming a first mixture; mixing, in a second container, the first mixture with a second catalyst and a third catalyst to extract sulfur and an oxygen from the sulfoxide and the sulfone, thereby obtaining a second mixture; separating, in a vapor recovery unit, the second catalyst from the second mixture to obtain a third mixture; and separating, from the third mixture, in a mechanical separator, the third catalyst, the sulfur, and the oxide of the metal contaminants to obtain a purified fuel oil.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst for producing a synthesis gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon-based gas, the hydrocarbon reforming catalyst containing a complex oxide having a perovskite structure including at least Ba, Zr, and Ru; and a hydrocarbon reforming apparatus that includes the hydrocarbon-reforming catalyst.

Abstract: A process for steam cracking a whole crude including a volatilization step performed to maintain a relatively large hydrocarbon droplet size. The process may include contacting a whole crude with steam to volatilize a portion of the hydrocarbons, wherein the contacting of the hydrocarbon feedstock and steam is conducted at an initial relative velocity of less than 30 m/s, for example. The resulting vapor phase, including volatilized hydrocarbons and steam may then be separated from a liquid phase comprising unvaporized hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons in the vapor phase may then be forwarded to a steam pyrolysis reactor for steam cracking of the hydrocarbons in the vapor phase.

Abstract: A lubricant for a copper alloy die-casting die is mainly prepared by an inorganic nano-powder, an organic substrate material, and an organic resin material. In the present disclosure, the use of oil-based lubricants as a basis and the reduction of the content of oil in the lubricant yield improved oil selection and proportion, which cooperates with the corresponding higher proportion of inorganic powder material mixture and a more suitable spraying amount applied on the surface of the die to exert a good lubricating effect on products with complex and irregular shapes in the inner cavity of a die-casting die. At the same time, the production cost of the lubricant is low. Copper alloy die castings produced after a lubrication process have a high yield rate and smooth surfaces without casting defects.

Abstract: An industrial fluid additive composition comprises one or more sequestering agents one or more compounds of formula (A): (A) wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from substituted hydrocarbyl moieties containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl moieties containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, an integrated process for upgrading a hydrocarbon oil feed stream utilizing a delayed coker, steam enhanced catalytic cracker, and an aromatics complex includes solvent deasphalting the hydrocarbon oil stream; delayed coking the heavy residual hydrocarbons; hydrotreating the delayed coker product stream and the deasphalted oil stream to form a light C5+ hydrocarbon stream and a heavy C5+ hydrocarbon stream; steam enhanced catalytically cracking the light C5+ hydrocarbon stream; steam enhanced catalytically cracking the heavy C5+ hydrocarbon stream; passing at least a portion of the light steam enhanced catalytically cracked stream, the heavy steam enhanced catalytically cracked stream, or both to a product separator to produce a olefin product stream, a naphtha product stream, and a BTX product stream; and processing the naphtha product stream in the aromatics complex to produce benzene and xylenes.

Abstract: Systems and methods for crude oil desalting technology are provided. More specifically, systems and methods for the usage of waste heat from compression to treat high salinity water are provided. The systems and methods generate recycled water streams for desalter treatment. The systems and methods can treat high salinity waters from desalters and dehydrators. The high salinity streams are introduced to the compressed gas streams, where the waste heat causes the water portion of the water streams to evaporate, resulting in a fully or near-saturated gas stream and a concentrated waste water stream. The saturated gas streams are cooled and condensed, and low TDS water is separated from the gas stream in knockout drums. The low TDS water can be reintroduced to the desalting system as wash water, generating a circular water reuse.

Abstract: To provide a lubricant composition for shock absorbers, a friction adjusting additive for a lubricant for shock absorbers, and a lubricant additive, each capable of satisfying both operational stability and ride comfort and improving the ride comfort further. The lubricant composition for shock absorbers contains a base oil and a friction adjusting agent and the friction adjusting agent contains a first zinc dithiophosphate represented by the following formula 1: [in the formula 1, R11 to R14 are alkyl groups in which one or more and three or less is/are a primary alkyl group and the other(s) is/are a secondary alkyl group].

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a process for producing upgraded product from residue comprising atmospheric residue or vacuum residue upgrading comprising separating the residue through a Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) unit, wherein the SDA unit includes an asphaltene separator that separates the residue into asphaltene pitch and a stream comprising deasphalted oil (DAO) and resin, and a resin separator that subsequently separates the stream comprising DAO and resin into separate DAO and resin streams, treating the resin stream with supercritical water (SCW) to produce an upgraded resin stream, and hydroprocessing a portion of the upgraded resin stream and the DAO stream to produce the upgraded product.

Abstract: A composition comprising a silane compound represented by Formula 1 comprising a fluorine-containing (poly)ether group; and an amine compound represented by Formula 2 comprising a fluorine-containing (poly)ether group: Rfa-(L1)p1-Q1-(L2)p2-Si(R1)(R2)(R3)?? Formula 1 Rfb-(L3)p3-Q2-(L4)p4-N(R4)(R5)?? Formula 2 wherein Rfa, Rfb, Q1, Q2, L1 to L4, R1 to R3, R4 to R5, and p1 to p4 are as disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to additives for reducing friction and wear in lubricants. In particular, the present invention relates to novel salts and their use in lubricating oil compositions for reducing friction and wear. In particular, the present invention relates to one or more ionic liquids, wherein the one or more ionic liquids comprise one or more cations and one or more Group 6 metal mononuclear metallate anions.

Abstract: A slurry-phase catalyst composition may include a disulfide oil and a first metal complex. The first metal complex may include at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, cobalt, nickel, tungsten, iron, and combinations of these. The first metal complex may also include a plurality of ligands bonded to the at least one transition metal. The plurality of ligands may include at least one first ligand selected from the group consisting of dim ethyl sulfide, dimethyldisulfide, diethyl sulfide, diethyldisulfide, methyl ethyl sulfide, methylethyldisulfide, and combinations thereof, and the transition metal may be bonded to a sulfur atom of the at least one first ligand.

Abstract: A small engine fuel composition suitable for use in a four-stroke engine, or capable of being blended with a lubricant for use in a two-stroke engine, includes 40% to 50% by volume isooctane, 15% to 25% alkylate feedstock by volume, 5% to 15% by volume of one or more aromatic compounds having from 7 to 8 carbon atoms, 10% to 20% by volume of a first refinery blendstock having a minimum of 98.0 volume percent aromatic compounds and having a flashpoint temperature of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit (known as “Aromatic 100’), and 5% to 15% by volume of a second refinery blendstock having a minimum of 98.0 volume percent aromatic compounds and having a flashpoint temperature of about 150 degrees Fahrenheit (known as “Aromatic 150”).

Abstract: System and method for producing olefins are disclosed. The method includes using a radial flow moving bed reactor system to catalytically crack paraffins, in multiple stages with continuous catalyst regeneration, to form olefins. The system includes inter-stage heaters to facilitate increase in yield of olefins.

Abstract: Systems and processes for removing sulfur compounds from a hydrocarbon stream. Sulfur compounds are extracted from a hydrocarbon feed stream with a caustic stream to provide a treated hydrocarbon stream and a rich caustic stream. The sulfur compounds in the rich caustic stream are oxidized in the presence of a catalyst to provide a lean caustic stream. The lean caustic stream is returned to extract sulfur from the hydrocarbon stream. Data such as a concentration of sulfurs species and degree of caustic saturation with the sulfur species in the rich caustic stream may be provided by a sensor, compared against other real-time or historical data and used to provide a recommended adjustment to process conditions associated with an extraction unit, or an oxidation unit, or both.