Journal
PETROLEUM SCIENCE
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 255-267Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-019-00384-2
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Type I kerogen; Pyrolysis kinetics; Isoconversional methods; Mineralogy; Central Kongo oil shale
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- University of Mohammed V-Morocco [SCH 04/09]
- Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology, Morocco
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo holds important reserves of oil shale which is still under geological status. Herein, the characterization and pyrolysis kinetics of type I kerogen-rich oil shale of the western Central Kongo (CK) were investigated. X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and thermal analysis (TG/DTA) showed that CK oil shale exhibits a siliceous mineral matrix with a consistent organic matter rich in aliphatic chains. The pyrolysis behavior of kerogen revealed the presence of a single mass loss between 300 and 550 degrees C, estimated at 12.5% and attributed to the oil production stage. Non-isothermal kinetics was performed by determining the activation energy using the iterative isoconversional model-free methods and exhibits a constant value with E = 211.5 +/- 4.7 kJ mol(-1). The most probable kinetic model describing the kerogen pyrolysis mechanism was obtained using the Coats-Redfern and Arrhenius plot methods. The results showed a unique kinetic triplet confirming the nature of kerogen, predominantly type I and reinforcing the previously reported geochemical characteristics of the CK oil shale. Besides, the calculation of thermodynamic parameters (Delta H*, Delta S* and Delta G*) corresponding to the pyrolysis of type I kerogen revealed that the process is non-spontaneous, in agreement with DTA experiments.
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