MLRT-LNQ 1 Hanoi University of Technology
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MODERN LUBE
REFINING TECHNOLOGY
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MLRT
Le Ngoc Quang, PhD
HANOI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
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Trends in Lube Refining
Lube Crude Supply
Processing
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Lube Crude Supply Trends
Premium Crudes Declining
Increasing Effort to Obtain
and Approve Replacements
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Future Lube Processing Objectives
Improve Yields of Lube on Crude
Make Acceptable Lubes from Lower Quality Crudes
Replacing Solvent Refining Steps With Catalytic
Processes Can Help Meet These Objectives.
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Major Processing Trends (cont฀d)
Mobil Lube Dewaxing (MLDW)
- Catalytic Dewaxing to Replace Solvent Dewaxing
Wax Hydroisomerization (MWI)
- Extra-High VI Base Stocks
- Production of Group III Stocks
Severe Lube Hydrotreating – LHDT
- Replacing Furfural Solvent Extraction
- Group II Stocks Production
Lube Hydrocracking
Group II-III Stocks Manufacture