Heavy oil upgrading via hydrodynamic cavitation in the presence of an appropriate hydrogen donor

被引:21
作者
Askarian, Mohammad [1 ]
Vatani, Ali [1 ,2 ]
Edalat, Mohsen [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tehran, Coll Engn, Sch Chem Engn, POB 11365-4563, Tehran, Iran
[2] Univ Tehran, Coll Engn, Inst LNG, Tehran, Iran
关键词
Hydrodynamic cavitation; Viscosity reduction; Heavy oil; Upgrading; Hydrogen donor; REACTORS; ULTRASOUND;
D O I
10.1016/j.petrol.2017.01.037
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The high viscosity and density of heavy oils make the transportation, upgrading and exploitation of these heavy crudes a difficult and costly task. The cavitation technique, through which the thermal energy produced is converted to desirable physical and chemical effects, can be used to pre-upgrade these heavy stocks before transportation or exploitation. Cavitation is defined as the formation and subsequent dynamic life of cavities or bubbles in the liquid. The very fast collapse of these bubbles would generate very high localized temperature, pressure and turbulence. This work investigated the upgrading of an Iranian refinery heavy fuel oil as a kind of heavy feed in a hydrodynamic cavitation setup. The experiments were carried out at 80 degrees C, atmospheric pressure and in 10-15 min time scales. The results indicated that adding 2 vol% gasdline as hydrogen donor into the heavy oil cavitational upgrading process (HCUP) can redtce the viscosity of heavy oil by about 33%. In addition, in a several stage HCUP, diesel cuts and API gravity increased 6.5 vol% and 2.9 degrees respectively; and extra heavy cuts and viscosity decreased 20 vol% and 84%, respectively.
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