Innovative density measurement techniques for vacuum residues of crude oil and their fractions using toluene dilution

IF 2.2 4区 化学 Q2 Engineering
Adan Y. León, Anderson Sandoval-Amador, Darío Y. Peña-Ballesteros, Daniel R. Molina, Oscar Corredor
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The growing availability of vacuum residues has provoked the development of studies that may improve refining processes to increase capacity conversion. Therefore, conducting a detailed analysis on the trend of the physicochemical properties of representative fractions is necessary. In this work, a set of vacuum residues were fractionated using n-hexane as a supercritical fluid and the molecular distillation process. The results show that the increase in density, micro-carbon content and molecular weight in the extractable fractions is associated with their SARA compositional. As a result, density determination for these extractable fractions by standard methodologies, such as ASTM D70, has shown limitations for samples with densities higher than 1.0879 g/ml. To measure the density of vacuum residues and their fractions, a density dilution methodology was conducted, using toluene as a solvent. In this study, 87 fractions obtained from different vacuum residues and processed with n-hexane and molecular distillation were selected. The proposed dilution methodology allows measuring densities with repeatability and reproducibility values of 0.0031 and 0.0061 g/g/ml, respectively. The average boiling point (Tb50) of vacuum residues and their fractions was correlated with density and molecular weight, to estimate their quality. The correlations of density and average boiling point properties Tb50 exhibited R2 correlation coefficients of 0.9949 and 0.9908 with P values less than 0.0031. The values of these statistical parameters show that the developed correlations have a confidence level of 95%.

真空残渣的供应量不断增加,促使人们开展研究,以改进精炼工艺,提高产能转化率。因此,有必要对代表性馏分的理化性质趋势进行详细分析。在这项工作中,使用正己烷作为超临界流体和分子蒸馏工艺对一组真空残渣进行了分馏。结果表明,可萃取馏分的密度、微碳含量和分子量的增加与其 SARA 成分有关。因此,采用标准方法(如 ASTM D70)对这些可萃取馏分进行密度测定,对于密度高于 1.0879 g/ml 的样品有一定的局限性。为了测量真空残留物及其馏分的密度,采用了密度稀释法,使用甲苯作为溶剂。在这项研究中,从不同的真空残留物中选取了 87 个馏分,用正己烷和分子蒸馏法进行处理。拟议的稀释方法可测量密度,其重复性和再现性值分别为 0.0031 和 0.0061 克/克/毫升。真空残留物及其馏分的平均沸点(Tb50)与密度和分子量相关联,以估计其质量。密度和平均沸点特性 Tb50 的 R2 相关系数分别为 0.9949 和 0.9908,P 值小于 0.0031。这些统计参数值表明,所建立的相关关系的置信度为 95%。
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Chemical Papers
Chemical Papers Chemical Engineering-General Chemical Engineering
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3.30
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4.50%
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590
期刊介绍: Chemical Papers is a peer-reviewed, international journal devoted to basic and applied chemical research. It has a broad scope covering the chemical sciences, but favors interdisciplinary research and studies that bring chemistry together with other disciplines.
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