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ENERGY & FUELS
Volume 24, Issue 7, Pages 4005-4011Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ef1004557
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2010CB226901]
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A Chinese crude oil was distilled into multiple narrow boiling fractions. The crude oil, 39 narrow distillate fractions (up to 560 degrees C), and atmospheric and vacuum residues were analyzed using negative electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI FT-ICR MS). The heteroatoms, N-1, N-2, N1O1, N1O2, O-1, and O-2 class species, were identified and characterized by double-bond equivalent (DBE) values and carbon numbers. The composition of crude oil was correlated with increased boiling point. Most abundant O-1 and O-2 class species had DBE values and carbon numbers corresponding to biological skeleton structures, such as hopanoic acid, secohopanoic acid, and sterol. The distribution of acids and neutral nitrogen compounds in the various fractions were determined. At higher carbon numbers, the amount of the compounds and DBE values increased gradually with the boiling point for most oil fractions. The abundant N1 class species were centered at DBE values of 9, 12, 15, and 18. These were likely pyrrolic compounds with various numbers of aromatic rings. Species such as hopanoic acids and secohopanoic acids were highly abundant in fractions above 500 degrees C. Sterol-like compounds were enriched in the 460-500 degrees C fractions. These are likely the major species causing a high total acid number (TAN) in the crude oil.
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