Mohamed-Said Chemam, Younes Djouadi, Chaima Khelkhal, Olga V. Ostolopovskaya, Mohammed Amine Khelkhal, Alexey V. Vakhin
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Abstract
In-situ combustion is considered an efficient thermally enhanced oil recovery method. However, the combustion front stabilization remains a challenge for the scientific community. The present study examines the efficacy of copper tall oil (Cu-TO) and copper sunflower oil (Cu-SFO) on heavy oil high-temperature oxidation reactions, which are believed to solve this challenge. We applied non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses combined with an isoconversional kinetic approach in order to calculate kinetic parameters, thermodynamic functions, and the effective rate constant of these reactions. The obtained results demonstrated that both catalysts are able to reduce the activation energies and shift oxidation regions to lower temperatures, with Cu-SFO showing superior performance. Kinetic predictions further supported these findings and revealed that the selected catalysts contributed significantly to decreasing oxidation times across all conversion ranges. Additionally, thermodynamic analyses indicated that Cu-SFO facilitated a more ordered and energetically favorable oxidation process, as demonstrated by increasingly negative entropy values and consistently lower Gibbs free energy. The research highlights the Cu-SFO catalyst exceptional ability to accelerate the transition from low-temperature to high-temperature oxidation while maintaining high catalytic activity. Taken together all these results, this research work contributes to provide comprehensive insights from the kinetic and thermodynamic analysis that reveal unique catalytic effects and reaction mechanisms, presenting an approach to stabilize combustion front and improve heavy oil recovery efficiency, addressing a critical challenge in the field of in-situ combustion.
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Thermochimica Acta publishes original research contributions covering all aspects of thermoanalytical and calorimetric methods and their application to experimental chemistry, physics, biology and engineering. The journal aims to span the whole range from fundamental research to practical application.
The journal focuses on the research that advances physical and analytical science of thermal phenomena. Therefore, the manuscripts are expected to provide important insights into the thermal phenomena studied or to propose significant improvements of analytical or computational techniques employed in thermal studies. Manuscripts that report the results of routine thermal measurements are not suitable for publication in Thermochimica Acta.
The journal particularly welcomes papers from newly emerging areas as well as from the traditional strength areas:
- New and improved instrumentation and methods
- Thermal properties and behavior of materials
- Kinetics of thermally stimulated processes