SCALE-UP PROCESS OF BIFUNCTIONALIZED TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH SECONDARY AND TERTIARY AMINES, WITH APPLICATION IN DEWATERING AND DESALTING OF HEAVY CRUDE OILS

摘要

A chemical synthesis process is provided for the functionalization of monodispersed triblock copolymer (POE_w-POP_y-POE_w) with secondary or tertiary amines at a semi-industrial level in glass reactors having a capacity between 1 L and 100 L. The process includes two stages where the first stage uses an alkylsulfonyl or arylsulfonyl chloride to obtain better leaving groups, and the second stage is the nucleophilic substitution with secondary or tertiary amines, to obtain the bifunctionalized triblock copolymers. The main advantage for this process is to reduce the quantity of unitary process done in each stage, the optimization of reaction times, and the stoichiometric relationships.