Heavy oil upgrading using halide catalysts in a bubbling microautoclave

Conference · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Gas Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6597718

Chakma, A; Chornet, E; Overend, R P ^[1]; Dawson, W ^[2]

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1. Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1 (CA)
2. Energy Research Labs., Canmet, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1 (CA)

Athabasca bitumen with halide catalysts has been treated under a continuous flow of H/sub 2/ in a 15 mL microautoclave. The H/sub 2/ was bubbled through the liquid using a microporous steel grid. ZnCl/sub 2/, CuCl and ZnCl/sub 2//CuCl mixtures, with and without tetralin, were used as catalysts. The experimental conditions were: 13.8 MPa operating pressure, 1 L/sub STP/min/ as H/sub 2/ flowrate, 425 - 450/sup 0/C and 30 min as reaction temperature and time respectively. ZnCl/sub 2/ has been found effective for converting asphaltenes into maltenes while lowering the coke formation with respect to the uncatalyzed reaction. The addition of tetralin to the reaction mixture minimized coke and gas formation.

• OSTI ID: 6597718
• Report Number(s): CONF-8806136-
• Journal Information: Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Gas Fuel Chem., Prepr.; (United States), Vol. 33:1; Conference: American Chemical Society Division of Fuel Chemistry meeting, Toronto, Canada, 5 Jun 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BITUMENS
ATHABASCA DEPOSIT
HYDROGENATION
COPPER CHLORIDES
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
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ZINC CHLORIDES
ASPHALTENES
AUTOCLAVES
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
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ASPHALTS
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
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ELEMENTS
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HYDROCARBONS
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NONMETALS
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TAR
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