ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Research on the Mechanism of Low-Temperature Oxidation of Asphaltene.
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Abstract
Asphaltene extracted from heavy oil was oxidized by a mixture of propionic anhydride and hydrogen peroxide at a low temperature of 50 °C. Elemental analysis, infrared analysis, proton nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, and gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer analysis results indicated that oxygen addition, side chain cleavage, and condensation reactions mainly occurred in the oxidation process. The oxidation products were divided into 28% methanol solubles and 72% methanol insolubles. There were mainly fatty acids and fatty acid esters in the methanol solubles. There were also small amounts of aromatic compounds with low condensation in the methanol solubles, and the alkyl side chains were mostly short ones. The degree of aromatic ring condensation in the methanol insolubles was slightly higher than that of the pristine asphaltene. There were still some long unbroken chains in the methanol insolubles after the low-temperature reaction. The molecular dynamics simulation results show that the distribution of propionic anhydride around the asphaltene molecules can promote the oxidation of asphaltene. This low-temperature oxidation technology can be used to process asphaltenes to improve the profitability of heavy-oil-processing enterprises.
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