Reactive plasma upgrade of squalane - a heavy oil simulant
- Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States); and others
U.S. light crude oil production has steadily declined over the last two decades. However, huge known heavy oil deposits in the North American continent remain largely untapped. In the past 10 years, the API gravity of crude oils has been decreasing by about 0.17% per year, and the sulfur content has been increasing by about 0.027% per year. As the API gravity of crude oil decreases, there will be an urgent need for economically viable new technologies to ungrade the heavy oil to a high API gravity feed stock for the refineries. The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory is investigating an innovative plasma process to upgrade heavy oil and refinery residuum. This paper will present some of the results and the implications of this technology for heavy oil upgrade and conversion.
- Research Organization:
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; American Physical Society, New York, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-94ID13223
- OSTI ID:
- 223682
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950875-Vol.2; TRN: 96:002546-0005
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 12. international symposium on plasma chemistry, Minneapolis, MN (United States), 21-25 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 12th International symposium on plasma chemistry. Proceedings, Volume 2; Heberlein, J.V.; Ernie, D.W.; Roberts, E.D. [eds.] [Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN (United States)]; PB: 615 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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