Catalysts Evaluation for Catalytic Steam Cracking of De-asphalted Oil in a Fixed Bed Reactor
| atmire.migration.oldid | 3847 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pereira-Almao, Pedro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Garcia Hubner, Eduardo Antonio | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-18T18:23:42Z | |
| dc.date.embargolift | 2016-05-16T18:23:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-11-18 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2015 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study aims to show performance of a catalytic steam cracking unit when processing de-asphalted oil, as part of a proposed upgrading scheme. Improve in the properties of the oil regarding viscosity and API gravity is intended, in order to make it pipeline transportable. All the experiments were performed in a continuous bench scale plant fitted with a fixed bed reactor, working at 150-400 psi and temperatures between 350 °C and 400 °C. The results from the evaluation of the catalysts, shows capability for catalytic water dissociation, hydrogen production, hydrocarbon cracking and hydrogenation, especially one catalyst containing Mo2C. This catalyst, working at 370°C and 400 psi, generated a product able to meet viscosity specification at 14°C. The Syncrude produced required 16% less diluent to be pumped and improvement in sulphur content and Total Acid Number (TAN) was also observed. | en_US |
| dc.description.embargoterms | 6 months | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Garcia Hubner, E. A. (2015). Catalysts Evaluation for Catalytic Steam Cracking of De-asphalted Oil in a Fixed Bed Reactor (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25223 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25223 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2641 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Engineering--Chemical | |
| dc.subject | Engineering--Petroleum | |
| dc.subject.classification | Upgrading | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Oil | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Fixed Bed Reactor | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Catalysis | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Deasphalted Oil | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Catalytic Steam Cracking | en_US |
| dc.title | Catalysts Evaluation for Catalytic Steam Cracking of De-asphalted Oil in a Fixed Bed Reactor | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Chemical and Petroleum Engineering | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | |
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