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Partial upgrading of heavy crude oil by slurry-phase
hydrocracking with analytical grade and ore catalysts
Alexander Quitian, and Jorge Ancheyta
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4 Partial upgrading of heavy crude oil by slurry-phase hydrocracking with analytical grade
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9 Alexander Quitian,, Jorge Ancheyta*
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11 Facultad de Qumica, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Ciudad Universitaria,
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Coyoacn, Mexico D.F. C.P. 04510
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16 Instituto Mexicano del Petrleo, Eje Central Lzaro Crdenas Norte 152 Col. San Bartolo
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A heavy crude oil of 13 API and a viscosity of 6100 cSt at 37.8C was used to study the effect
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29 The evaluated catalysts were Mo and Fe analytic grade oxides and ores (molybdenite, hematite
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32 and magnetite) from different Mexican mine sites. The effect of the concentration of catalysts on
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34 heavy oil upgrading was studied in the range of 0 to 13333 ppm of active metal (Mo or Fe). The
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36 results showed that the required minimum concentration of catalyst to obtain upgraded crude oil
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39 with suitable properties for transportation (API gravity> 16 and viscosity at 37.8 C <250 cSt) is
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41 5000 ppm. At the evaluated operating conditions, coke formation is not observed and the
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selectivity towards gases is low. Mo showed better hydrogenation capacity than Fe, which is
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46 observed by an increase in the light fraction composition and reduction of the heavy vacuum
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48 gasoil and vacuum residue. Depending on the concentration, type and active metal content of the
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8 transportation by pipeline. Handling high viscosity heavy crude oils involves high costs of
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13 low value of the heavy crude oils reduces the profitability of production processes. In some cases,
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15 the required specifications for transportation of crude oils by pipeline depend on existing
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infrastructure as well as on the agreement between the oil producer and the company that
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20 provides the transportation service by pipeline. It is widely accepted that crude oils must have
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22 API gravity higher than 16 and viscosity lower than 250 cSt at 37.8C for their feasible
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25 transportation by pipeline1,2.
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27 The most used commercial approaches to achieve the required flow properties of heavy crude oils
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29 are heating and dilution. In the former, heavy oils are heated along the jacketed pipeline using
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32 steam or flue gases. Various heating stations are needed along the pipeline in order to maintain
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enhance sedimentation of water and solids present in crude oil that may cause plugging of piping
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41 Dilution consists of mixing the heavy crude oil with lighter streams (light crude oils or diluents),
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51 asphaltenes thus provoking damage and blockages in the pumping and piping systems.68
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53 Other more direct manners to achieve the required flow properties of heavy crude oils is by
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55 transforming them into lighter hydrocarbons (upgraded crude oil) through thermal or catalytic
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3 i. Carbon rejection that favors the thermal breakage of hydrocarbons with high molecular
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6 weight and reduces the vacuum residue fraction of crude oils. The yield of upgraded crude
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8 oils is low due to high formation of byproducts such as coke and gaseous hydrocarbons (C1-
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13 investment. Pyrolysis, thermal cracking and visbreaking belong to this category.911
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molecules of heavy oil in the presence of catalysts and hydrogen donors. Also, the vacuum
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20 residue fraction is reduced, and the formation of coke and volatile gases is inhibited which
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29 Hydrocracking processes are commonly carried out at temperature of 360-480C, hydrogen
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32 partial pressure of 3-15 MPa and reaction time of 1-6 hours for batch operation. Hydrogen
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39 a. Supported catalysts, consisting of transition metal sulfides that favor hydrogenation
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3 In general, hydrocracking reactions with supported catalysts occur at lower severity reaction
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6 conditions than with slurry-phase catalysts due to the presence of acid sites in the supports. But in
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13 The coke formed during hydrocracking and the metals present in heavy crude oil cause rapid
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25 the molecular size of the metal sulfides. Smaller particle size ensures greater activity, and
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powders, which contain high concentration of catalytically active transition metals (usually Fe,
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39 Ni and V). The studied ores are mainly hematites and limonites.2426 Other inexpensive materials
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44 coke breeze preparation from metallurgical coke, fine coke from flexi-coking, etc.18
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27 Rock samples of the different ores were crushed, pulverized and sieved to a size less than 5
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34 The composition of the dried powder ores was determined by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and the
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39 diffractometer with Cu anode and graphite mono-chromed, using CuK radiation (=1.450589).
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time of 3.92 MPa, 380C and 4 h respectively1. These conditions are used here to study the effect
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