Incorporation of biologically derived carbon into petroleum products

Abstract

Petroleum products comprising biologically based carbon are provided. A biologically based surfactant is added to petroleum and an emulsion composition having lower viscosity than the petroleum is formed. The petroleum is subjected to processing and the surfactant is co-processed with the petroleum to provide petroleum products comprising biologically based carbon.

1 . A composition comprising:
 a processed petroleum product; and,   a co-processed biobased surfactant.   
     
     
         2 . The composition of  claim 1 , wherein the processed petroleum product is the resultant material from processing
 (i) one or more of separated crude petroleum oil phase, bitumen, naphtha, condensed refinery gases, gasoline, petrol, kerosene, diesel fuel, jet aircraft fuel, lubricating oils, base oils, vacuum gas oil, condensate, raffinate, reformate, light naphtha, residue, heavy gas oil, wax, tar, petroleum coke, asphalt base, heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas, fuel oil, paraffins, aromatics, naphthenes, cycloalkanes, olefins, cyclic hydrocarbons, alkenes, dienes, alkynes, burner fuel, fuel gas, light cycle oil, cat slurry, distillate, fuel, heavy fuel oil, reformate, alkylate, isomerate, resid, untreated distillate, treated distillate, middle distillate, and combinations of any thereof,   via (ii) one or more unit operations selected from hydrolytic emulsion splitting, separation, fractionation, distillation, hydrolysis, hydrotreating, hydrocracking, decarboxylation, hydrogenation, steam cracking, thermal cracking, naphtha cracking, fluid catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, steam reforming, metathesis, alkylation, dimerization, isomerization, coking, and combinations of any thereof.   
     
     
         3 . The composition of  claim 2 , wherein the co-processed biobased surfactant results from combining a biobased surfactant with the petroleum material (i) and then processing the combined biobased surfactant and petroleum material (i) via the one or more unit operations (ii). 
     
     
         4 . The composition of  claim 1 , further comprising biodiesel. 
     
     
         5 . The composition of  claim 1 , wherein the co-processed biobased surfactant comprises a polyol alkyl ethoxylate containing biologically derived carbon. 
     
     
         6 . The composition of  claim 5 , wherein the polyol portion of the polyol alkyl ethoxylate is derived from compounds selected from the group consisting of anhydrohexitols, saccharides, monosaccharides, dioses, glycolaldehyde, trioses, glyceraldehydes, dihydroxyacetone, tetroses, erythrose, threose, aldo-pentoses, arabinose, lyxose, ribose, deoxyribose, xylose, keto-pentoses, ribulose, xylulose, aldo-hexoses, allose, altrose, galactose, glucose, dextrose, gulose, idose, mannose, talose, keto-hexoses, fructose, psicose, sorbose, tagatose, heptoses, mannoheptulose, sedoheptulose, octoses, octolose, 2-keto-3-deoxy-manno-octonate, nonoses, sialose, disaccharides, sucrose, table sugar, cane sugar, saccharose, beet sugar, lactose, milk sugar, maltose, trehalose, cellobiose, oligosaccharides, raffinose, melitose, stachycose, verbascose, sorbitol, glycerol, sorbitan, isosorbide, polyglycerols, hexoses, pentoses, polyols, hydrogenated sugars, hydroxymethylfurfural, refined sugars, crude sugars, products of the breakdown of cellulose, products of the breakdown of hemicellulose, products of the breakdown of lignin, plant fiber hydrolyzates, fermented plant fiber hydrolyzates, carbohydrate hydrogenolyzates, and combinations of any thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The composition of  claim 5 , wherein the polyol portion of the polyol alkyl ethoxylate comprises a polyol selected from the group consisting of monoanhydrohexitols, dianhydrohexitols, isomannide, sorbitan, and any combinations thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The composition of  claim 5 , wherein the alkyl portion of the polyol alkyl ethoxylate comprises an alkyl portion derived from the group consisting of animal oil, vegetable oil, biodiesel, triacylglycerols, diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, branched dicarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acid ethers, phospholipids, soapstock, deodorizer distillate, acid oil, polymerized oil, heat-bodied oil, blown oil, and combinations of any thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The composition of  claim 5 , wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of an AB type surfactant, an ABA type surfactant, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         10 . A surfactant comprising:
 at least one polyol;   at least one ethoxylate group: and,   at least one branched dicarboxylic acid derived from polymerized fatty acids.   
     
     
         11 . The surfactant of  claim 10 , wherein at least one of the polyol, ethoxylate group, and the branched dicarboxylic acid derived from polymerized fatty acids contains biologically derived carbon. 
     
     
         12 . The surfactant of  claim 11 , wherein the surfactant is of the ABA type. 
     
     
         13 . A process for producing a petroleum product comprising:
 separating water from a composition comprising the water, a biobased surfactant and petroleum, thus producing a separated petroleum phase comprising biobased surfactant and petroleum; and,   processing the petroleum phase into at least one petroleum product, by performing at least one of hydrolytic emulsion splitting, separation, fractionation, distillation, hydrolysis, hydrotreating, hydrocracking, decarboxylation, hydrogenation, steam cracking, thermal cracking, naphtha cracking, fluid catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, steam reforming, metathesis, alkylation, dimerization, isomerization, coking, and combinations of any thereof.   
     
     
         14 . A process for reducing the viscosity of a petroleum through the use of a biobased surfactant, comprising:
 mixing a biobased surfactant with petroleum and water, thus producing a composition;   transporting the composition through a pipeline;   separating water from the composition, thus producing an oil phase comprising biobased surfactant and petroleum; and,   processing the oil phase into at least one petroleum product.   
     
     
         15 . The process of  claim 14 , wherein the biobased surfactant comprises polyol biodieselate ethoxylate. 
     
     
         16 . The process of  claim 14 , wherein the biobased surfactant comprises an ABA type surfactant. 
     
     
         17 . The process of  claim 16 , wherein the ABA type surfactant is derived from a dicarboxylic acid comprising cross-linked alkyl groups. 
     
     
         18 . A process of incorporating biologically derived carbon content into a petroleum product, comprising:
 mixing a biobased surfactant comprising biobased carbon, water, and petroleum, thus producing a composition;   separating water from the composition, thus producing an oil phase comprising the biobased surfactant and the petroleum; and,   processing the oil phase into at least one petroleum product.   
     
     
         19 . The process of  claim 18 , wherein producing the composition involves forming a water-in-oil emulsion and wherein separating water from the composition involves breaking the emulsion.