CHARACTERIZATION OF HEAVY RESIDUA BY AAPPLICATION OF A MODIFIED D 2007 SEPARATION AND ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE

ABSTRACT

Seven atmospheric residua (343^°C + [ 65O^°F + ]) were separated into saturate, aromatic, resin, and asphaltene fractions for detailled assessment of feed structure. The weight percent distribution of the fractions revealed two groupings of the residua. One grouping exhibited 20 wt % saturate composition, while the other only 10 wt %. The residua also exhibited high polar content (resin and asphaltene fractions) consisting of over 40% of the total residua. These results are related to the sulfur composition of the residua, and Indicate a fundamental relationship between the aromatic content and sulfur content. Discussion of the accuracy of the separation technique Is also Included.

The vanadium binding sites In the separated fractions were investigated by EPR spectroscopy. The resin and asphaltene fractions all appear to be dominated by 4N and N 0 2S coordination spheres. Discussion of this technique is also included.     

CHARACTERIZATION OF HEAVY RESIDUA BY APPLICATION OF A MODIFIED D 2007 AND ASPHALTENE SEPARATION: EFFECT OF SOLVENTS ON PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF FRACTIONS DERIVED FROM HONDO 850°F RESIDOOM

Hondo 850 ^°F residuum was separated into saturate, aromatic, resin, and asphaltene fractions by a modified D 2007 and asphaltene separation. Two different asphaltene precipitation solvents were used — isooctane and heptane — and differences in selected physical and chemical properties of the derived fractions were compared.

The principal difference in the use of the two solvents was weight recovery after the separation. Isooctane yielded good recovery, while heptane exhibited poor recovery. Isooctane precipitated substantially more asphaltenes, as predicted from the solubility parameters of the two solvents.

The metals concentrations in the fractions were comparable for each solvent — no metals in the saturate and aromatic fractions, approximately 300 and 1500 ppm Ni + V in the resin and asphaltene fractions respectively. The relative distribution was also similar for both solvents, with the highest percentage coming from the asphaltenes.     

反应时间对加氢残渣油四组分含量和结构的影响

以沙特轻质原油减压渣油（ALVR）为原料,采用高压釜考察了不同反应时间下加氢反应后残渣油的四组分含量及其结构组成变化。结果表明,与未加氢渣油相比,加氢残渣油中的饱和分含量大幅度增加,而芳香分、胶质和沥青质的含量均降低,四组分的H/C原子比和平均相对分子质量均降低,芳碳分率升高。加氢残渣油的四组分含量随反应时间的增加均呈规律性变化。随着加氢反应时间的增加,四组分的H/C原子比和平均相对分子质量降低,芳香分、胶质和沥青质的芳碳分率增加,胶质和沥青质的总环数和芳环数均降低。渣油加氢反应过程中,其四组分均发生了明显的氢解和脱烷基反应,胶质和沥青质结构单元间的各种桥键可发生明显的断裂,导致其结构单元数减少。不同来源和属性的渣油加氢反应后各组分的结构变化有一定区别。     

A Study of the Characteristics in Blended Crudes at the Optimal Activation State: Part II

Abstract

Crude oil blending will change refining yield and properties. In this study, infra-red spectra (IR), synchronous fluorescence spectrometry (SFS), element analysis, and precipitating point measurement were used to investigate the blended crudes with regard to their structural constitution, colloid characters, and molecule interactions at the optimal status on topping yield. The study results indicate that, in residua, the content of sulfur and nitrogen increases, the precipitating point of asphaltene appears in advance, and the association of colloidal particles increases. IR analysis shows that, although the interaction among molecules has some similarities between the blending crudes and refined fractions, the action of hydrogen bonds in resin and the peak intensity of conjugated aromatic ring become weaker. SFS shows that macromolecular aromatic rings (ring number > 4) in asphaltene and resin in vacuum residua are relatively stable.     

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPERCRITICAL TOLUENE EXTRACTS FROM TWO TURKISH LIGNITES

Samples from two major deposits of Turkish lignites were subjected to supercritical toluene extraction at 325°C and 14.1 MPa in an autoclave. The resultant extracts were separated into pre-asphaltene, asphaltene, saturates, aromatics and resin fractions by column chromatography. The fractions were characterized by ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, IR. and elemental analysis in order to compare the chemical composition of extracis from the two coal samples. The results show that the extracts from the Tungbiiek (T-coal) deposits contain aliphatic constituent which is composed of mostly long chain unbranched alkyl compounds while the extracts from the Soma Mcrkeg (S-coal) deposits contain a significant amount of branched paraffinic compounds. The resin fractions from both samples were found to contain a significant amount of single ring aromatic compounds.     

13C-N.M.R. STUDIES OF A FLASH PYROLYSIS TAR AND A SUPERCRITICAL GAS EXTRACT USING MODERN PULSE SEQUENCES

The oil and the asphaltene obtained from a flash pyrolysis tar of an Australian sub-bituminous coal and the oil and asphaltene from a supercritical gas extract of an Australian bituminous coal were studied by ¹³;c-n.m.r. apectroscopy using modern pulse sequences which distinguish between primary (CH₃), secondary (CH₂), tertiary )CH( and quaternary (C) carbons. The oil from the flash pyrolysis tar was further separated into three fractions by elution chromatography and these were also studied. All the samples studied contained considerable amounts of long unsubstituted aliphatic chains. In the flash pyrolysis tar, a sizeable proportion of the long chains had a CH = CH₂ end group pertaining to both 1-alkenea and those chains attached to aromatic rings (w-aryl-1-alkenes), but this was much less in the supercritical gas extract. From the quaternary and tertiary carbon subspectra, it appears that the division of the aromatic carbon signal at 129-130 ppm between aromatic CH and C carbons is not valid for polar fractions of coal liquids. Though these pulse sequences are very useful for obtaining information on well resolved signals, broad featureless signals often found in coal liquids pose considerable problems.     

The Structural Characterization of Saturate,Aromatic, Resin,and Asphaltene Fractions of Batiraman Crude Oil

Abstract

The structural characterization of fractions of Batiraman crude oil, which is the heavy crude oil from a field in the southeastern part of Turkey, was investigated. Batiraman crude oil and its saturate, aromatic, resin, and asphaltene (SARA) fractions were seperated. Treatment of crude oil with n-heptane provided the separation of asphaltene. Maltene was collected by evaporating the n-heptane from the filtrate. Then, maltene was separeted into saturates, aromatics, and resins by SARA technique. Maltene was separated into saturate, aromatic, and resin fractions using column chromatography. SARA fractions were quantified on a weight percent basis. Fractions of Batiraman crude oil were characterized by elemental analysis, proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR) analysis, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy techniques.     

Changes in Sub-fractions Properties during Hydrotreating of Residue

Abstract

One atmosphere residue was hydrotreated (HDT) in a pilot plant at constant conditions. The properties of the HDT products from a series of reactors and their sub-fractions were characterized by H/C, sulfur, nitrogen, carbon residue, nickel, vanadium, and VPO apparent molecular weight. The removal levels of sulfur, nitrogen, carbon residue, nickel, and vanadium were 84.9 m%, 51.4 m%, 62.8 m%, 84.8 m%, and 94.0 m%, respectively. The removal increment of contaminants in reactors was very different during HDT. The ranking of sulfur and nitrogen contents in sub-fractions was asphaltene > resin > aromatic > > saturate; however, the distribution of sulfur in sub-fractions was aromatic > resin > > asphaltene > saturate, while that of nitrogen was resin > > aromatic > asphaltene. Average carbon residue was removed in reactors. Nickel and vanadium were removed mainly in hydrodemetalization reactors.     

渣油中硫和硫类型分布对热转化产物中硫分布的影响

考察了热转化反应条件对胜利和孤岛渣油热转化产品中硫分布的影响。在研究原料中硫、硫醚硫、噻酚硫分布和残分布的基础上，探讨了原料硫分布与热转化产品中硫分布的关系。     

Study and Evaluation of Aging Performance of Petroleum Asphalts and Their Constituents During Oxygen Absorption. I. Oxygen Absorption Behaviors and Kinetics

The oxygen absorption behaviors and kinetics of Shanjiasi, Shengli, and Renqiu petroleum asphalts and their constituents including saturates, aromatics, resins, and asphaltenes were successfully studied at 50°C, 0.133 MPa (O₂) and 1 mm sample film in darkness by means of precise measurement of oxygen pressure changes in reactor. The experimental results that the resin and the asphaltene can easily absorb oxygen and they are more active constituents in petroleum asphalt, while the saturate hardly absorbs oxygen, which is the most stable constituent of petroleum asphalt. The better the antiaging performance of straight run petroleum asphalt, the more stable its constituents and the less oxygen they absorb generally. The oxygen absorption rate of asphaltene diluted with the lower viscous saturate is obviously higher than that of pure asphaltene. The resin constituent of Shanjiasi asphalt could remarkably improve the antiaging ability of Shengli asphalt by the constituent substitution. The kinetic model of maximum combined oxygen presented in this paper could satisfactorily explain the oxygen absorption behaviors of petroleum asphalts and their constituents, and the oxygen absorption quantities calculated by the model are very identified with the test ones.     

The Chemical Composition of Solubility Classes from Athabasca Bitumen Pitch Fractions

Abstract

As the Canadian supply of light crudes diminishes, refineries have necessarily been required to deal with more difficult to process oilsands bitumen and heavy oils. Nearly 50% of bitumen consists of a residuum that cannot be easily upgraded. A better understanding of the chemistry of this material is the key to achieving overall optimal yields of commercially useful products. In recent years, the application of supercritical fluid extraction (SCFE) with pentane has been successful in separating the bitumen residuum into a number of narrow fractions based on solubility parameters and molecular weight. In combination with advanced characterization techniques this approach has proved to be useful in elucidating the complexity of bitumen chemistry. To provide further insights into the chemistry of bitumen pitch we now extend this established approach to the solubility classes (saturate, aromatics and resins) derived from the bitumen fractions, or front-cuts, separated during the SCFE process with pentane. The amount of the saturate class present in the front-cuts decreases rapidly with cumulative yield. In the same range, resin content increases continuously while aromatic content passes through a maximum. No asphaltene is present in the front-cuts; this component is separated in the pentane insoluble end-cut fraction during SCFE. Both aromatics and resins from the front-cuts show a trend for increasing aromatic content and decrease in H/C atomic ratios at higher cumulative yields. This is a reflection of increasing number of aromatic rings, with a higher degree of condensation and decreasing degree of substitution, for larger and more complex molecules. In terms of structural parameters and molecular sizes we find relatively minor differences between the corresponding aromatic and resin fractions in each front-cut. The most noteworthy difference between these SARA classes lies in the significantly higher nitrogen contents of the resin class.     

The Chemical Composition of Solubility Classes from Athabasca Bitumen Pitch Fractions

As the Canadian supply of light crudes diminishes, refineries have necessarily been required to deal with more difficult to process oilsands bitumen and heavy oils. Nearly 50% of bitumen consists of a residuum that cannot be easily upgraded. A better understanding of the chemistry of this material is the key to achieving overall optimal yields of commercially useful products. In recent years, the application of supercritical fluid extraction (SCFE) with pentane has been successful in separating the bitumen residuum into a number of narrow fractions based on solubility parameters and molecular weight. In combination with advanced characterization techniques this approach has proved to be useful in elucidating the complexity of bitumen chemistry. To provide further insights into the chemistry of bitumen pitch we now extend this established approach to the solubility classes (saturate, aromatics and resins) derived from the bitumen fractions, or front-cuts, separated during the SCFE process with pentane. The amount of the saturate class present in the front-cuts decreases rapidly with cumulative yield. In the same range, resin content increases continuously while aromatic content passes through a maximum. No asphaltene is present in the front-cuts; this component is separated in the pentane insoluble end-cut fraction during SCFE. Both aromatics and resins from the front-cuts show a trend for increasing aromatic content and decrease in H/C atomic ratios at higher cumulative yields. This is a reflection of increasing number of aromatic rings, with a higher degree of condensation and decreasing degree of substitution, for larger and more complex molecules. In terms of structural parameters and molecular sizes we find relatively minor differences between the corresponding aromatic and resin fractions in each front-cut. The most noteworthy difference between these SARA classes lies in the significantly higher nitrogen contents of the resin class.     

减压渣油微观相结构特性的分子模拟

选用4种模型化合物代表减压渣油四组分(SARA),采用分子动力学模拟了减压渣油微观相结构,发现不同结构分子间相互作用的差异是减压渣油微观非均匀分布的本质原因,并通过电子分布特性分析了不同结构分子间相互作用差异的本质原因。沥青质分子间强相互作用使得沥青质分子自缔合形成聚集体;而多个胶质分子与沥青质分子的强相互作用封闭了沥青质分子自身进一步发生相互作用的活性位;同时,与胶质分子、饱和烃分子具有强相互作用的芳香烃分子将沥青质 胶质分子形成的聚集体分散在由芳香烃 饱和烃分子构成的连续相内,其中芳香烃分子更靠近胶质分子。因此,增加沥青质、饱和烃分子的含量会促进沥青质聚集,降低减压渣油稳定性;增加胶质、芳香烃分子的含量会阻碍沥青质聚集,提高减压渣油稳定性。     

超声波处理对渣油加氢反应过程胶体性能的影响

超声波处理改变了渣油饱和分、芳香分、胶质、沥青质(SARA)的含量、结构和分布状态,使渣油胶体稳定性得到改善。沥青质的含量、结构和分布状态对渣油胶体稳定性有重要影响。超声波处理改变了沥青质的结构,减少了渣油中沥青质的含量,大幅增加了溶胶能力强的胶质的含量,改善了沥青质的分散状态,使渣油胶体稳定性增加。超声波处理后渣油四组分理化性质的变化改善了渣油品质,提高了渣油和沥青质的反应性能,加氢反应深度增加,产物分布改善,但加氢残渣油的胶体稳定性降低。超声波处理对渣油及其加氢残渣油的胶体稳定性具有重要影响。     

EFFECTS OF ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION AND A MODIFIED D 2007 SEPARATION ON THE MOLECULAR SIZE OF VANADIUM-AND NICKEL-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS IN HEAVY RESIDUA

Boscan vacuum residuum (VR), and Maya atmospheric residuum (AR), were separated into operationally defined components by an isooctane asphaltene precipitation followed by a modified D 2007-80 separation of the isooctane soluble material. These collected fractions were examined by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with element specific detection employing inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy (ICP) to investigate the effect the separation has on the the V and Ni compounds. The V and Ni SEC-ICP profiles of the asphaltene fractions indicated some of the metal-containing molecules are substantially larger in size than those observed in the residua. The asphaltene precipitation appears to cause an increase in molecular size through agglomeration of smaller constituents, and accomplishes only limited size separation of the metal-containing compounds.

The resin fraction, the polar fraction obtained by modified D 2007-80 chromatography of the isooctane soluble portion, contained much of the smaller size molecules of the feeds. The agglomeration seen in the SEC-ICP profiles of the asphaltene fraction was not apparent in any of the resin fraction profiles.     

The Comparison of Bitumens from Oil Sands with Different Recovery Profiles

Abstract

It has been proposed that, regardless of origin, the recovery of bitumen from oil sands is related to its viscosity. Asphaltene and resin contents are known to affect the viscosity of bitumen. In this article we compare the composition of solvent-extracted bitumens from several Athabasca oil sands with very different recovery profiles. After careful removal of any associated mineral matter by ultra-centrifugation, each bitumen sample was separated into saturate, aromatic, resin, and asphaltene (SARA) fractions by an enhanced SARA technique. The individual components were then characterized by several complementary analytical techniques, including carbon, nitrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, size exclusion chromatography molecular weight (MW_n) plus proton and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Based on this comparison, we see no correlation between the recovery of bitumen and its composition.     

柱色谱分离法预测塔河常压渣油脱沥青油杂质含量的研究

塔河原油是一种沥青质含量高、残炭高、金属含量高、酸值高的重质原油,为避免传统加工过程中的高温腐蚀和塔河渣油进催化裂化装置的高残炭、高金属含量等问题,考虑将塔河原油经常压闪蒸后的渣油直接作为溶剂脱沥青的原料。采用挂片失重试验对塔河原油的腐蚀性进行了研究,同时对适宜闪蒸温度下的常压闪蒸渣油进行了六组分分离,并对各组分的化学性质和结构参数进行了分析。结果表明:53.89%的硫、86.97%的氮、98%以上的镍、钒金属存在于胶质和沥青质组分中;随着组分加重,芳碳率fA增加,H/C原子比、环烷碳分率fN和芳香环系缩合度参数HAU/CA减小;将塔河常压闪蒸渣油在不同柱色谱馏出油收率下的杂质脱除率曲线与溶剂脱沥青中试结果对比发现,两者有较好的相似度,表明采用柱色谱分离方法可以在一定程度上来预测溶剂脱沥青过程不同脱沥青油收率时的杂质含量,可指导塔河常压闪蒸渣油溶剂脱沥青过程的操作。     

十氢萘分散作用对沥青质加氢反应的影响

以十氢萘为溶剂,通过增加升温过程中的低温搅拌,强化十氢萘对沥青质的解聚和分散作用,提高沥青质加氢过程中在催化剂微孔中的扩散性能。研究表明：在373 K时恒温搅拌1 h,可以使沥青质加氢反应的转化率提高14.97百分点,焦炭产率降低2.68百分点;残渣油收率降低3.01百分点,四组分组成发生明显变化,饱和分、芳香分和胶质的含量均增加;硫、氮脱除率也有不同程度的提高。低温搅拌过程改变了沥青质的存在状态,有利于沥青质的加氢转化反应。     

Structural Aspects of Crude Oil Derived Asphaltenes by NMR and XRD and Spectroscopic Techniques

Asphaltene samples obtained from crude processed at two Indian refineries were characterized for chemical composition and structure by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), fluorescence spectroscopic techniques, and chromatographic (column and GPC) techniques. Estimation of NMR average structural parameters were obtained by combined ¹H, NMR ¹³C, NMR DEPT-45, and QUAT pulse sequence spectral editing techniques. The macrostructure and crystalline parameters of these samples were obtained by XRD. The nature of the functional groups have been obtained by IR technique. A combined NMR and XRD parameters were used to estimate the size of average aromatic structural units. Asphaltenes from one of the crudes (ASP-A) was found to be highly pericondensed, highly substituted, and higher molecular size compared to ASP-B asphaltene molecules. The number of aromatic sheets per unit sheets are 3.7 and 2.5 in the sample ASP-A and ASP-B, respectively. Both the asphaltene molecules in the samples have periodically and systematic arrangement of aromatic sheets in the unit sheet. The number of aromatic rings per unit sheet in ASP-A and ASP-B are 6.0 and 5.0, respectively. The fluorescence spectral studies has also exhibited λ_max (the wavelength of maximum intensity) at 505 and 509 nm confirming to pericondensed higher polycondensed aromatic ring system in both the samples. The analysis of liquid chromatographic fractions of these samples show that each sample is composed of several polycondensed aromatic systems where unit sheet of ring sizes vary from 1.8 to 6.3 with varying molecular sizes. These structural parameters allowed a model structure of the asphaltenes to be constructed.     

EFFECTS OF ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION AND A MODIFIED D 2007 SEPARATION ON THE MOLECULAR SIZE OF VANADIUM-AND NICKEL-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS IN HEAVY RESIDUA

ABSTRACT

Boscan vacuum residuum (VR), and Maya atmospheric residuum (AR), were separated into operationally defined components by an isooctane asphaltene precipitation followed by a modified D 2007-80 separation of the isooctane soluble material. These collected fractions were examined by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with element specific detection employing inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy (ICP) to investigate the effect the separation has on the the V and Ni compounds. The V and Ni SEC-ICP profiles of the asphaltene fractions indicated some of the metal-containing molecules are substantially larger in size than those observed in the residua. The asphaltene precipitation appears to cause an increase in molecular size through agglomeration of smaller constituents, and accomplishes only limited size separation of the metal-containing compounds.

The resin fraction, the polar fraction obtained by modified D 2007-80 chromatography of the isooctane soluble portion, contained much of the smaller size molecules of the feeds. The agglomeration seen in the SEC-ICP profiles of the asphaltene fraction was not apparent in any of the resin fraction profiles.