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ENERGY & FUELS
卷 28, 期 3, 页码 1811-1819出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ef402300k
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- PTDF, Nigeria
- EPSRC, United Kingdom [EP/E057977/1, EP/J008303/1]
- Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd., Canada
- Advantage West Midlands (AWM)
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J008303/1, EP/E057977/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/J008303/1, EP/E057977/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Heavy crude oil and bitumen are characterized by a low yield of light distillates in the range of 10-30% with a boiling point below 350 degrees C, high density (low API gravity), high viscosity, and high heteroatom content, which impede their exploitation. In this study, the catalytic upgrading process in situ (developed by the Petroleum Recovery Institute, Canada) add-on to the toe-to-heel air injection for the extraction and upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen downhole was investigated. The effect of steam addition and steam-to-oil ratio upon upgrading, coke formation, sulfur and metal removal were examined using a Co-Mo/gamma Al2O3 catalyst at a reaction temperature of 425 degrees C, pressure of 20 bar, gas-to-oil ratio of 500 mL.mL(-1), and steam-to-oil ratio in the range of 0.02-0.1 mL-mL(-1). It was observed that the coke content of the spent catalyst reduced from 17.02 to 11.3 wt % as the steam-to-oil ratio increased from 0.02 to 0.1 mL-mL(-1) compared to 27.53 wt % obtained with only nitrogen atmosphere after IS h time-on-stream. Over the same range of conditions, 88-92% viscosity reduction was obtained as steam-to-oil ratio increased compared to 85.5% in nitrogen atmosphere only, a substantial reduction from the value of 1.091 Pa.s for the feed oil. It was also found that although desulfurization increased from 3.4% in a steam-free atmosphere to 16-25.6% over the increasing range of steam flows investigated, demetallization increased from 16.8% in a steam-free environment to 43-70.5% depending on the increasing steam-to-oil ratio.
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