METHOD OF ALLOCATING CONCENTRATE OF VALUABLE METALS CONTAINED IN HEAVY OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR PROCESSING Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC C10G15/12 C10G15/08 C10G32/02 C22B23/00 C22B34/00 C22B59/00 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: presented method includes processing heavy crude oil with a low-temperature plasma generated by microwave (MW) electromagnetic radiation. The method is implemented as follows. Heavy crude oil is loaded to the heated reactor equipped with an electrode with a through-hole for supplying inert gas-argon. An inert gas is fed through the electrode, after which the power is turned on and the plasma is generated. At the tip of the electrode, a breakdown is initiated with further formation of gas bubbles, the temperature inside of which reaches 1500 K. The processing of crude oil is carried out for 2 minutes. Heavy crude oil is used as a processed sample with the density of 900 to 1100 kg/m³. A copper rod is used as a material for the electrode. The method allows to obtain a concentrate of valuable metals such as Ni, V, Mo, Co, Cu, Zn, and others contained in crude oil.

EFFECT: production of a solid product from heavy crude oil and liquid hydrocarbons with a reduced metal content.

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