HINDERED DIFFUSION OF ASPHALTENES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE

Guin, James A. ; Ramakrishnan, Ganesh ; Asada, Keiji

Auburn University (United States)

关键词: Toluene;    02 Petroleum;    Diffusion;    Activated Carbon;    Mathematical Models;   

DOI  :  10.2172/816520
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  FG22-95PC95221
RP-ID  :  816520

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

During this past six months we continued our ongoing studies of the diffusion controlled uptake of coal and petroleum asphaltenes into a porous carbon catalyst. Toluene was used as the solvent for experiments at 20 C and 75 C while 1-methylnaphthalene was the solvent for the higher temperature experiments at 100 C, 150 C and 250 C. All runs were made at a pressure of 250 psi (inert He gas). Experiments were performed at 20 C and 75 C, for the petroleum asphaltene/toluene system. For the coal asphaltene/toluene system, experiments were performed at 75 C. Experiments were performed at 100 C, 150 C and 250 C for the coal asphaltene/1-methylnaphthalene system. A comparison between the experimental data and model simulated data showed that the mathematical model satisfactorily fitted the adsorptive diffusion of both the coal and petroleum asphaltenes onto a porous activated carbon. The adsorption constant decreases with an increase in temperature for both, the coal asphaltene/1-methylnaphthalene system as well as the petroleum asphaltene/toluene system. It was found that the adsorption constant for the coal asphaltene/toluene system at 75 C was much higher than that of the petroleum asphaltene/toluene system at the same temperature providing evidence of the greater affinity of the coal asphaltenes for the carbon surface. This could be due to the presence of more functional heteroatomic groups in the coal asphaltenes compared to their petroleum counterparts. Also during this time period, a new carbon catalyst support was prepared in our laboratory which will be used in adsorption experiments during the next phase of work.