Upgrading of a Visbroken Vacuum Residue by Adsorption and Catalytic Steam Gasification of the Adsorbed Components

Simple item page
atmire.migration.oldid1810
dc.contributor.advisorPereira, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorCarbognani, Lante
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-29T21:46:10Z
dc.date.available2014-03-15T07:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-29
dc.date.submitted2014en
dc.description.abstractUnconventional oil is set to play an increasingly important role in world oil supply, where Canadian reserves are going to play a key role in the global market. The bitumen associated to these reserves typically contains more than 50% vacuum residue, thus developing new and less costly processing ideas is necessary. The present work focuses on a new process consisting of the improvement of Athabasca visbroken residue stability via adsorption using an in-house material, followed by low temperature catalytic steam gasification of the adsorbed material. A bench-scale setup was designed and built, and techniques such as P-value, thermal gravimetric analysis, and gas chromatography were used for products characterization. Results indicate that adsorption doesn’t seem to improve the visbroken residue, however an alternative path performing catalytic steam cracking instead shows an extra ~20% conversion of the feed, still maintaining a stable product. On the other hand, Catalytic steam gasification was achieved at low temperatures (560 ºC), with high production of hydrogen for the sorbcats tested, thus making possible an alternative path for the visbroken residue processing.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCarbognani, L. (2014). Upgrading of a Visbroken Vacuum Residue by Adsorption and Catalytic Steam Gasification of the Adsorbed Components (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28596en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28596
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1327
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity 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.subjectEngineering--Chemical
dc.subjectEngineering--Petroleum
dc.subject.classificationPetroleumen_US
dc.subject.classificationAdsorptionen_US
dc.subject.classificationcatalytic steam gasificationen_US
dc.subject.classificationCatalytic Steam Crackingen_US
dc.subject.classificationvisbreakingen_US
dc.subject.classificationAsphaltenesen_US
dc.subject.classificationcatalytic steam cracking kineticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationHydrogen Productionen_US
dc.titleUpgrading of a Visbroken Vacuum Residue by Adsorption and Catalytic Steam Gasification of the Adsorbed Components
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical and Petroleum Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrue
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ucalgary_2014_carbognani_lante.pdf
Size:
4.02 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
2.65 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Open Theses and Dissertations