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http://dx.doi.org/10.14478/ace.2018.1054

Viscosity Reduction by Catalytic Aquathermolysis Reaction of Vacuum Residues  

Ko, Jin Young (Department of Chemical Engineering, Hoseo University)
Park, Seung-Kyu (Department of Chemical Engineering, Hoseo University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.29, no.4, 2018 , pp. 468-473 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the reforming reaction of vacuum residues (VR), high viscosity oil residues produced from vacuum distillation process of petroleum oil, was carried out using catalytic aquathermolysis reaction. VR showed a prone to decrease the amount of resins and asphaltenes in the constituents, and to increase saturates and aromatics when reacting with steam at 30 bar and above $300^{\circ}C$ for 24 h. When the amount of steam is not enough at this reaction, the asphaltene content in the products was rather increased after the reaction. As a result of the catalytic aquathermolysis using the metal oxide-zeolite catalyst with the decaline as a hydrogen donor, a 10% decrease in resin and asphaltene as well as a 10% increase in the aromatic hydrocarbon were observed. Consequently, the viscosity of VR decreased by 70% after the reaction. GC-Mass spectroscopy showed that the aquathermolysis of VR resulted in the decomposition of the resins and asphaltens into a low molecular weight material.
Keywords
catalytic aquathermolysis; viscosity; SARA; hydrogen donors; vacuum residue;
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