Methods and systems for obtaining long chain carbons from petroleum based oil

Abstract

Methods and system for obtaining long chain carbons that generally include forming a conversion mixture of an alcohol and a base, adding the conversion mixture to oil (such as petroleum based oil, crude oil, used oil, used motor oil, and new motor oil) to form a reaction mixture, adding a high nitrate compound the reaction mixture, and separating out the long chain carbons for use as an input by other processing such as pharmaceutical and/or additional petro-chemical processing. Additional cooling and/or filtering processes may be utilized to complete and/or optimize oil conversion.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for obtaining long chain carbons from oil, the system comprising:
 means for mixing an alcohol and a base to form a conversion mixture;   means for adding said conversion mixture to oil to form a reaction mixture;   means for heating said reaction mixture to a temperature of between 200° F. and 400° F. for a period of between 1 hour and 3 hours;   means for cooling said reaction mixture to a temperature less than 70° F.;   means for adding a high nitrate compound to said reaction mixture;   means for cooling said reaction mixture to a temperature where long chain carbons in said reaction mixture are at substantially equilibrium or greater relative to regular and/or short chain carbons in said reaction mixture;   means for separating long chain carbons in said reaction mixture from said regular and/or short chain carbons.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 2  further comprising means for extracting said separated long chain carbons from said reaction mixture.