METHOD OF OIL AND OIL PRODUCTS CRACKING BY PULSE ELECTRIC DISCHARGES AND DEVICE TO THIS END Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C10G15/08 

FIELD: oil-and-gas production.

SUBSTANCE: proposed method comprises forcing hydrogen-containing gas into oil and oil products, mixing them to form heterogeneous medium containing liquid and gas phase, separating said medium to extract light fractions. Note here that pulse electric discharges are generated in water separated from heterogeneous medium by elastic material with voltage pulse amplitude of 25-40 kV, current pulse amplitude of 3-10 kA, pulse duration of 3-10 mcs, and pulse repetition rate of 5-30 Hz. Proposed device comprises mixer to prepare heterogeneous medium with system to blow in hydrogen-containing gas, cracking reactor coupled via elastic membrane with electric discharge chamber filled with water and furnished with electrodes, light fraction separator and current pulse generator consisting of charging device with controlled output voltage and current, capacitance accumulator and switching discharger. Said generate ensures voltage pulse amplitude of 25-40 kV, current pulse amplitude of 3-10 kA, pulse duration of 3-10 mcs, and pulse repetition rate of 5-30 Hz.

EFFECT: expanded operating performances, higher reliability, longer life, easier processing of oil.

9 cl, 11 dwg