Effects of acid treatments on Moroccan Tarfaya oil shale and pyrolysis of oil shale and their kerogen

In this study, the kerogen of oil shale from Moroccan Tarfaya deposits was isolated and the changes in the initial organic matter during the removal of the mineral matrix were examined. Chloroform extraction of the oil shale increases the intensity of the peaks in the X-ray diffractograms. Infrared spectra and X-ray diffractograms reveal the presence of mineral, calcite, quartz, kaolinite, and pyrite in the mineral matrix of the oil shale. Hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids dissolution do not alter the organic matter. The nonisothermal weight loss measurements indicate that thermal decomposition of the isolated kerogen can be described by firstorder reaction. A single kinetic expression is valid over the temperature range of kerogen pyrolysis between 433K and 873K. Furthermore, the results indicate that the removal of mineral matter causes a decrease in the activation energies of the pyrolysis reactions of oil shale.     

干酪根组成结构及其热解生油特性的红外光谱研究

对五种不同地区油页岩中干酪根进行了固体KBr压片红外吸收光谱分析,并通过曲线分峰拟合建立了干酪根中脂肪烃区域结构参数的定量测定方法。利用TG-FTIR联用分析技术对干酪根在20 ℃/min升温速率下热解挥发分析出组分在线定性分析,得到了脂肪烃结构参数随热裂解过程的反应特性及变化规律。研究表明,油页岩中干酪根由脂肪烃结构、芳香烃结构和含氧等官能团三部分组成。脂肪烃结构相对含量为18.5%~78.2%,并均以含长链亚甲基结构为主。随着演化程度的加深,干酪根中脂肪烃含量逐渐减少,生油能力也不断降低。干酪根热分解主要发生在350~520 ℃,520 ℃后热失重现象趋于平缓,在此温度下各样品残余半焦的质量分数为19.5%~52.2%。在线红外分析结果表明,干酪根热裂解过程中先析出游离水,随后发生解聚和脱水反应,主要的烷基侧链不断脱落、环化及含氧基团逐渐断裂生成各种烷烃类、羧酸类、醇类和醛类等物质,直至形成更加稳定的类石墨态结构。     

抚顺油页岩干酪根热解反应性分子动力学-量子力学模拟

采用MS（Materials Studio 2017）软件中Forcite模块,对自主构建的抚顺油页岩干酪根二维结构模型进行能量最小化分子动力学模拟,通过能量最优化过程得到干酪根初始优化结构。在此基础上进行分子动力学退火模拟,获得全局能量最优化构型,即油页岩干酪根分子三维结构模型。基于密度泛函理论的量子力学模拟方法,计算分析干酪根三维结构模型的动力学、键能、键级、电荷密度等参数,分析化学活性位点,探讨了干酪根热解微观化学演化机理,进而预测了反应性。     

Determination of kerogen type by using DSC and TG analysis

The rate of pyrolysis and oxidation of 8 different samples of oil shale kerogen concentrate (KC) were investigated using DSC analysis. Recently performed thermogravimetric studies (TG and DTG) with the same samples of KC indicated that the activation energy of the pyrolysis of specific KCs increases with increasing paraffinic structure in the KC. An opposite effect, i.e. a decrease of the activation energy with an increase of paraffinic structure was determined in the case of KC oxidation. In this study, using the standard ASTM E-698 method based on the determined temperature at which the maximum heat effect could be observed (exo in the case of oxidation and endo in the case of pyrolysis), an activation energy for the pyrolysis, as well as for the oxidation process was determined and also successfully correlated with the content of paraffinic structure of KC. Thus, the higher content of paraffinic structure in KCs indicates that higher values of the activation energy could be determined either in the case of pyrolysis or oxidation followed by DSC analysis.     

颗粒粒径对油页岩热解产油率的影响

以桦甸油页岩为原料研究了颗粒粒径对油页岩热解产油率的影响。将油页岩破碎、筛分得到<0.074、0.074~0.125、0.125~0.25、0.25~0.5、0.5~1和1~3 mm不同粒级样品,再将0.25~0.5、0.5~1和1~3 mm大粒级样品粉碎制得对应的细粉样品,采用低温干馏法和热重分析分别测定表征样品的油产率和有机质含量。结果表明,油产率随着粒径减小逐渐降低,从1~3 mm下的11.92%降到<0.074 mm下的6.14%。热重分析表明,有机质含量随着粒径降低而降低,且油产率与有机质含量有明显的线性关系。0.25~0.5、0.5~1和1~3 mm样品经粉碎后油产率降低、气产率升高,但变化值均小于1%。在破碎过程中有机质选择性地富集在大粒级样品中,且页岩油二次反应程度随着粒径的减小而增大,使得页岩油产率随着粒径的降低而降低,且有机质选择性富集是主导因素。     

柳树河油页岩微波干燥及其对热解特性的影响

在对家用微波炉改造基础上搭建了微波干燥实验台,研究了柳树河油页岩微波干燥特性及对热解特性的影响。结果表明,微波干燥所需的时间为传统干燥所需时间的20%;微波干燥速率要明显大于传统干燥速率;Page模型适用于描写柳树河油页岩微波干燥过程。微波干燥的油页岩同热风干燥后及原样油页岩的热解活化能随转化率的变化曲线基本一致,整体呈先上升后下降的趋势,在转化率为0.7时达到最大值;热解活化能在80~200 kJ/mol变动;微波干燥油页岩热解反应有机质分解段的活化能增加。     

The determination of a complex kinetic expression of oil shale pyrolysis using combined non-isothermal and isothermal TG

The kinetic expression commonly used in the thermal analysis of oil shale pyrolysis was derived on the basis of a simple first order kinetic equation of kerogen decomposition. The activation energy, as well as the reaction rate constant of oil shale pyrolysis could be determined by using non-isothermal (NI) or isothermal (I) TG. However, the kinetic parameters determined by using either NI or I did not enable the good prediction of the kerogen conversion at other conditions.The comparative results of the NI and I-TG of different oil shales are discussed in the study, as well as the effects of the so-called combined non-isothermal and isothermal TG (NI/I). The obtained results indicate that a mechanism must be postulated based on a complex reaction scheme which involves more than one simple reaction.

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Zusammenfassung Die im allgemeinen benutzte Kinetikgleichung in der Thermoanalyse von Ölschieferpyrolyse wurde auf der Grundlage einer einfachen kinetischen Gleichung erster Ordnung der Kerogenzersetzung erhalten. Mittels nichtisothermer (NI) oder isothermer (I) TG kann sowohl die Aktivierungsenergie als auch die Reaktionsgeschwindigkeitskonstante der Ölschieferpyrolyse bestimmt werden. Die unter Anwendung von NI oder I ermittelten kinetischen Parameter ermöglichen jedoch keine gute Voraussage des Kerogenumsatzes bei anderen Bedingungen.Es werden hier die Vergleichsergebnisse aus NI- bzw. I-TG von verschiedenen Ölschiefern als auch die Auswirkungen auf die sogenannte kombinierte nichtisotherme und isotherme TG (NI/I) besprochen. Die erhaltenen Ergebnisse zeigen, daß ein Mechanismus angenommen werden muß, der auf einem komplexen Reaktionsschema aus mehr als aus einer einfachen Reaktion basiert.

     

矿物质对桦甸油页岩热解产物影响特性

对桦甸油页岩进行逐级酸洗并对原样及各级酸洗样品的热解产物进行了碳平衡计算以及气相色谱和傅里叶红外光谱实验,得到了矿物质对油页岩热解不凝性气体、半焦以及页岩油的影响特性。结果表明,碳酸盐可以促进有机碳和氢向页岩油中转化,而硅酸盐对有机碳和氢向页岩油中转化具有抑制作用,碳酸盐和硅酸盐均可以使得页岩油中氢碳原子比降低。碳酸盐促进了油页岩热解产油并抑制了干酪根向不凝气分解转化,而硅酸盐抑制了油页岩热解产油但对干酪根向不凝气的分解转化具有促进作用。碳酸盐和硅酸盐均可以促进热解不凝气中CO_2和H_2的生成,而对CO的生成具有抑制作用,碳酸盐可以抑制热解不凝气中碳氢化合物的生成,而硅酸盐对其生成具有促进作用。碳酸盐和硅酸盐均可以使得页岩油中脂肪链长度变短及异构化程度变大,并能够提高干酪根热解产物的芳构化程度。     

油页岩热解挥发分中轻油吸附回收工艺初探

将活性炭纤维吸附回收工艺应用于油页岩热解气轻质油品回收,自行建立了移动床油页岩连续热解实验装置及相应的油品回收系统。实验结果表明,冷凝冷却至室温的桦甸油页岩热解气中轻质油品含量可达20 g/m³以上。通过活性炭纤维吸附,可将煤气中的轻质油品完全回收。竞争吸附实验表明,"轻油"中的BTX、乙苯、C_10~13的烷烃、烯烃等更容易吸附,碳数相对较低的烯烃、烷烃、环烷烃吸附能力相对较弱。这将为油页岩热解气轻油高效回收工艺开发提供基础数据。     

桦甸油页岩热解过程中热沥青的组成变化规律

将桦甸油页岩分别在300、350、400、450、500和550℃热解得到半焦,对半焦进行逐级抽提和酸洗,得到自由沥青、碳酸盐束缚沥青和硅酸盐束缚沥青,采用柱层析、FT-IR和GC-MS表征不同沥青的化学组成和结构特征,探讨沥青的化学组成变化及与矿物质的相互作用。结果表明,沥青总产率先增大后减小并在400℃取得最大值4.63%,400-450℃大量沥青分解生成页岩油,使沥青产率降至0.98%。350-450℃自由沥青主要发生羧酸脱羧、酯基分解和长链烷烃裂解反应,使羧酸和酯类化合物含量降低、烷烃碳链长度缩短。干酪根分解生成的羧酸与碳酸盐反应生成羧酸盐,使400℃碳酸盐束缚沥青中羧酸含量达78.82%;含氧化合物可与黏土矿物结合,且烷烃可进入蒙脱石层间,使400℃硅酸盐束缚沥青中含氧化合物和烷烃各占80.79%和19.21%。     

油页岩固定床热解反应器中内构件强化作用

在内构件(传热板和中心集气管)外热式固定床反应器中研究了油页岩热解产物生成特性,并与无内构件的相同常规固定床反应器内的油页岩热解行为对比,考察了两反应器中油页岩升温特性、热解产物分布、页岩油品质以及气体产物组成的变化规律.结果表明,内置传热板和中心集气管显著强化了反应器内的传热,相对于无内构件常规固定床反应器,料层升温速率提高了约2倍.对于依兰油页岩,其热解页岩油产率明显提高,最高达11.1 wt%(干燥基),明显高于无构件常规固定床反应器获得的页岩油产率.随着外加热炉温度的升高,内构件固定床反应器的页岩油产率逐渐增加,而无内构件常规固定床反应器的页岩油产率则明显降低.当外加热炉温度为1000℃时,前者页岩油产率是后者的2.3倍,并且内构件固定床反应器的热解水产率较低.两反应器中热解气产物组成相近,其H2与CH4之和占气体总量的70 vol%左右,热值为4406~5400 kcal/Nm3.     

爱沙尼亚油页岩及其热解产物的电子顺磁共振研究

采用电子顺磁共振（EPR）技术,系统地研究了热解温度对样品自由基浓度、g因子和线宽的影响。结果表明,油页岩干酪根及其制备的热解产物沥青、焦油和半焦的自由基浓度为2.29×10¹⁴-9.16×10¹⁴。当热解温度低于380℃时,主要发生干酪根的热解聚,当热解温度超过380℃,主要为中间产物热沥青的分解阶段,表现为热沥青的自由基浓度N_g和g因子值高于半焦。对EPR谱图线宽分析可知,当温度高于380℃时,焦油的线宽明显大于半焦和热沥青,说明液体内部自由基中自旋粒子间以及自旋粒子与环境的相互作用要比固体剧烈的多。温度低于380℃时,半焦和热沥青由于热解反应的进行,自由基自旋粒子之间及其与环境的相互作用增强,线宽随着温度的升高而增加。温度高于380℃时,半焦和热沥青的EPR曲线线宽降低,表明随着温度的升高自由基自旋粒子的相互作用减弱。     

TG-FTIR study of gaseous compounds evolved at thermooxidation of oil shale

The combined thermogravimetric (TG) Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) techniques were used for studying the gaseous compounds evolved at thermooxidation of oil shale samples from different deposits (Estonia, Jordan, Israel). In addition to H₂O and CO₂as the major species, the formation and emission of CO, SO₂, HCl and a number of organic species as methane, ethane, ethylene, methanol, formic acid, formaldehyde, chlorobenzene, etc. was determined. Differences in the absorbance of respective bands in FTIR spectra depending on the origin of oil shale and on the heating rate used were established. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Possibilities and pitfalls in analyzing (upgraded) pyrolysis oil by size exclusion chromatography (SEC)

The applicability of size exclusion chromatography (SEC) to analyze (upgraded) pyrolysis oil samples has been studied using model compounds, pyrolysis oils and hydrodeoxygenated pyrolysis oils. The assumptions needed for the conversion of the chromatogram to the M_w-distribution were validated. It was shown that the conversion of elution volume to molecular weight (based on polystyrene calibration curves) can introduce substantial errors in the prediction of the molecular weight. The conversion of RID response to W(log M) (as plotted on the y-axis of the M_w-distribution) is based on the assumption of a compound independent RID response factor and linear response to concentration. While the latter was shown to be true within the concentration range studied, the former was not true: the RID response factor depends on the type of (upgraded) pyrolysis oil. It was shown that within a single pyrolysis oil sample, the RID response for the low molecular weight fraction was a factor 3 lower than the high molecular weight fraction. Furthermore long term column fouling can influence SEC results that cannot be corrected with regular polystyrene recalibrations.Based on the results we recommend SEC not to be used as a quantitative method for characterization (upgraded) pyrolysis oil samples, but as a tool to compare (upgraded) pyrolysis oil samples, preferably prepared using incremental operating conditions and expected to have similar molecular composition. This work has further shown that (i) the ∫UVDdv/∫RIDdv ratio can be used as an indication of the sum of the relative aromaticity and conjugated double bond content for (upgraded) pyrolysis oil, and (ii) the negative peak area appearing in the low molecular weight part of the chromatogram can be used to estimate the water content of (upgraded) oil samples.     

The application of the OTA of kerogen to the evaluation of the rockmass heating

Oxyreactive thermal analysis (OTA) carried out in the conditions of full access of oxygen to each reacting particle of the sample investigated is a suitable method for the determination of important properties of the organic matter dispersed in the rocks. Its results may be easily evaluated to the form of values to be used in a clear diversification and classification system of organic matter/kerogen, as well as to the evaluation of its transformation process in a rockmass. The OTA also enables the distinguishing of the transformation stages and the investigation of the results of the gaseous products liberation from organic matter and kerogen. The OTA method may be applied as a complementary one for the Rock Eval analysis and be used for the organic geochemical and bituminological studies for geological bitumen prospecting.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

On-probe pyrolysis desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry for the analysis of non-volatile pyrolysis products

An on-probe pyrolyzer has been constructed and interfaced with desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry (MS) for the rapid analysis of non-volatile pyrolysis products. The detection and analysis of non-volatile pyrolysis products of peptides, proteins and the synthetic polymer poly(ethylene glycol) were demonstrated with this instrument. The on-probe pyrolyzer can be operated off-line or on-line with the DESI source and was interfaced with a tandem MS (MS/MS) instrument, which allowed for structure characterization of the non-volatile pyrolytic products. Advantages of this system are its simplicity and speed of analysis since the pyrolysis is performed in situ on the DESI source probe and hence, it avoids extraction steps and/or the use of matrices (e.g., as in MALDI–MS analyses).     

抽提物对生物质热裂解机理的影响研究

利用惰性溶剂从生物质中提取得到相应抽提物,在热重红外联用仪上研究了抽提物的热裂解行为,并探讨了其对生物质热裂解的影响。结果表明,因不同种类生物质中木质素结构单元中紫丁香基和愈创木基数量不同,从而导致抽提物成分存在差异,相应的热裂解产物分布也不一致。水曲柳抽提物因含有较多的酚类物质而在热解高温段生成了甲醇和甲烷。相比于原样,抽提残渣反应活化能增加,且主要产物析出时间提前,同时酸类物质和直链烷烃析出量减少,而水、CO2、CO和醛类物质的产量则有所增加。     

Study of thermal behaviour of organic matter from natural phosphates (Youssoufia - Morocco)

Thermogravimetry (TG), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were used to study the thermal behaviour of the organic matter in the natural phosphate and its concentrate kerogen from the Moroccan deposit. The TG analysis showed that both the investigated samples exhibited a one-step thermal oxidation in the main mass loss area, between 160 and 540°C, attributed to the hydrocarbon material. When DSC analyses of oxidation as well as pyrolysis yielded two evolutionary stages of the hydrocarbon in this temperature range : the first one at 160-360°C and the second one above 360°C. Pyrolytic kerogen decomposition was monitored by measuring changes in the principal FTIR organic bands. The results showed, in the first stage, the progressive decrease of signals due to CH₂ and CH₃ vibrations as well as the carbonyl and carboxylic bands, and their subsequent disappearance at 300°C. In the second stage above 400°C, the signal due to the aromatic components (1600 cm^-1) appeared but decreased with increasing temperature up to 540°C. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

热预处理影响褐煤热解行为研究

采用固定床反应器研究了不同气氛热预处理对内蒙胜利褐煤结构的改变,及其对后续热解行为的影响。结果表明,与原煤相比,热预处理后煤中羟基含量和芳香氢与脂肪氢的比减少,脂肪氢的相对含量增加。与未经处理的煤热解相比,N2、N2+O2、CO2气氛下热预处理后热解水收率下降,热解气收率增加,热解气中CO2含量增高,导致高位热值下降。过热水蒸气热预处理后,焦油质量收率提高3～4个百分点。热解焦油组成的变化与预处理气氛、温度密切相关,过热水蒸气200℃下预处理使得焦油中轻质组分的含量(沸点低于360℃的馏分)比原煤焦油提高了约27个百分点;水蒸气和模拟烟气混合气氛下在200℃及250℃预处理后,其热解焦油中轻油和酚油含量分别提高约60和42个百分点。     

Influence of structural factors on degradation product formation: Primary pyrolysis products of poly(acyl sulfides) investigated by direct pyrolysis mass spectrometry

Thermal degradation of two poly(acyl sulfide) polymers, poly(adipoyl sulfide) (PADS) and poly(terephthaloyl sulfide) (PTS) was investigated by direct pyrolysis mass spectrometry (DPMS). The structures of pyrolysis products detected in the DPMS analysis of both PADS and PTS indicate that the thermal degradation takes place mainly through a loss of carbon monoxide and carbonyl oxysulfide leading to the formation of cyclics. In the case of PADS, linear products with thioacid end groups were formed through hydrogen transfer reactions. In the case of PTS, almost equal proportions of linear products with phenyl end groups and cyclic products were formed. The mechanism of formation of degradation products has also been addressed.