超声波处理对加氢反应前后沥青质单元分子结构的影响

以胜利减渣和沙轻减渣为原料,研究了超声波处理对加氢反应前后沥青质单元分子结构的影响,并结合1H-NMR数据、沥青质单元分子参数变化和红外光谱分析等结果,用Chem Bio Draw Ultra 2012模拟出不同条件下两种沥青质单元分子的结构。结果表明,超声波处理减少了沥青质的缔合数,使沥青质单元分子发生开环反应和脱烷基侧链反应加剧,改变了沥青质单元分子的结构,对加氢后沥青质单元分子的结构和组成产生重要影响。沥青质单元分子模型可形象体现超声波处理对加氢反应前后沥青质单元分子化学结构的影响,有助于在分子水平上解释超声波处理影响沥青质单元分子的原因。     

渣油加氢处理前后沥青质的微观结构研究

采用元素分析、扫描电镜和透射电镜等分析方法对渣油原料中的沥青质、加氢处理后的沥青质及添加高芳香性轻循环油(LCO)反应后的沥青质进行对比研究。结果发现,渣油加氢处理前后沥青质的表面呈现出光滑表面和多孔的球形颗粒表面两种完全不同的形貌。渣油加氢前后沥青质的芳核堆砌表现出明显的长程无序局部有序的特征;加氢处理后的沥青质芳核片层易于堆砌,出现了多层堆砌、长程有序的类石墨结构。渣油中高芳香性LCO的添加有利于促进沥青质的加氢反应、改善沥青质芳核系统在渣油加氢处理过程中的聚集行为。     

超声波处理对渣油加氢过程的影响

对四种减压渣油的超声波处理前后渣油加氢反应产物分布研究表明,超声波处理后渣油加氢反应的焦炭和>500℃残渣油收率降低,气体、汽油、柴油和VGO收率提高,轻油产率提高6~10个百分点,渣油转化率增大,轻质化性能明显增强;不同渣油经超声波处理后的加氢反应性能改变不同;利用超声波处理后渣油加氢的虹吸作用模型,从宏观层次解释了超声波改善渣油加氢效果的原因;超声波处理后杂原子的脱除效果均有不同程度的提高,尤其是对金属钒的脱除影响最为明显。超声波处理后加氢残渣油的饱和分和沥青质含量增加,芳香分和胶质的含量减少。     

渣油加氢转化前后沥青质的分子组成变化

沥青质是造成渣油加氢过程中结焦和催化剂失活的主要因素,深入研究渣油加氢转化前后沥青质的分子组成变化对于改进渣油加氢工艺有着重要的指导意义.本文采用傅里叶变换离子回旋共振质谱仪(FT-ICR MS)研究了塔河减渣加氢转化过程中沥青质组分的分子组成差异.为了减少沥青质分子之间的相互干扰和抑制,通过固相萃取技术对渣油加氢前后得到的沥青质进行了分离,并对比了其中主要化合物在分离前后的详细分子组成.利用固相萃取技术分离之后,还可以对加氢后沥青质中微量的卟啉钒化合物进行富集,并研究了在渣油加氢前后沥青质中的卟啉钒化合物的分子组成变化.研究表明,对沥青质样品进行更细致的分离可以得到丰富、全面的沥青质分子组成数据,为石油加工提供更有价值的分子结构信息.     

渣油在加氢处理中的性质和结构变化规律研究

利用渣油加氢处理中试装置,获得了经过脱金属催化剂、脱硫催化剂和脱氮催化剂的系列渣油加氢处理产物,分析了各产物的性质。随加氢深度增加,硫、氮、残炭、镍和钒在渣油加氢产物中的的质量分数降低,总脱除率分别为84.9%、51.3%、62.8%、84.8%和94.0%。各产物的组分分布发生变化,饱和分组分增加,芳香分、胶质、沥青质组分减少,重组分胶质和沥青质组分的转化分别达到了57.5%和73.3%。以核磁共振为基础计算了渣油加氢产物组分的平均结构参数。结果表明,芳香分和胶质组分单元结构芳香环数和环烷环数减少,芳香碳分率fA、环烷碳分率fN和烷基碳分率fP变化不明显;而沥青质分子fA增加,fN和fP降低。从平均结构参数还可以看出,不同加氢产物同一种组分在结构上有其共性,但不同组分有明显区别。     

沥青质含量对渣油加氢转化残渣油收率和性质的影响

以塔河常渣脱沥青油掺兑不同含量的沥青质为原料,于高压釜反应器内进行加氢转化反应实验,考察沥青质含量对渣油加氢转化残渣油收率和性质的影响。研究结果表明,随原料中沥青质含量的增加,加氢残渣油的收率逐渐降低,加氢残渣油中的沥青质和焦炭产量之和与原料中沥青质含量的比值逐渐减小,在实验选定的条件下,高沥青质含量时沥青质更倾向于发生氢解反应生成小分子组分。与原料相比,反应后所得>350 ℃残渣油的平均相对分子质量、H/C摩尔比减小,密度增大,硫含量降低,氮含量增加,饱和分和沥青质含量增加,芳香分及胶质含量降低。随渣油中沥青质含量的增加,硫、氮脱除率先增加后降低。     

反应温度对加氢残渣油四组分含量和结构的影响

以沙轻减渣为原料,在高压釜内研究了不同反应温度下加氢反应前后渣油的四组分含量及其结构组成变化。结果表明,加氢残渣油中的饱和分含量明显增加,而芳香分和胶质的含量均降低,四组分含量随反应温度的升高均呈现规律性变化。加氢后四组分的H/C摩尔比和平均相对分子质量均降低,芳碳分率增加。随反应温度升高,四组分的H/C摩尔比和平均相对分子质量降低,烷基碳分率降低;芳香分、胶质和沥青质的芳碳分率增加;胶质和沥青质的总环数和芳环数均降低。渣油加氢过程中四组分都发生了明显的氢解和脱烷基反应。加氢反应中,胶质和沥青质结构单元间的各种桥键可发生明显地断裂,导致其结构单元数减少,且结构单元数随反应温度的升高而减少。     

格尔木渣油加氢反应及生焦行为的研究

选用超低沥青质含量的格尔木渣油（沥青质质量分数：0.32%）作为加氢原料,考察反应条件对加氢反应样品组分性质、胶体稳定性参数（CSP）、生焦性能的影响。结果表明,随着加氢反应温度的升高和反应时间的延长,沥青质和饱和分的含量增加,胶质和芳香分的含量减少;胶体稳定性参数降低,生焦率不断增加;胶质与沥青质的缩合度增加,芳碳率f_A不断增大;金属与杂原子在加氢过程中不断得到脱除,V比Ni更容易脱除、S比N更容易脱除;催化剂表面形成了类似石墨有序结构的炭基物质,使得催化剂的孔结构参数不断减小。在所研究的反应中,当反应温度和时间分别为420℃和5 h时,催化剂的孔结构损害最为严重,出现了较大的微孔分布。     

石油组分及其模型化合物的超分子化学作用

原油是最复杂的化学体系之一,人们对原油这种复杂的胶态分散体及其稳定性的研究兴趣与日俱增,尤其是与石油稳定性密切相关的沥青质超分子聚集体。但人们对形成沥青质超分子聚集体的主要作用力长期以来颇有争议。本文重点介绍了石油组分及其模型化合物在溶液中形成超分子聚集体的超分子化学作用研究进展。通过实验方法和理论计算证明沥青质聚集体是沥青质分子间通过氢键、π-π堆积、偶极-偶极相互作用等多种分子间弱相互作用力协同作用形成的热力学稳定结构;合成具有沥青质结构特点的纯化合物,研究它们在溶液中的行为,是提高对沥青质在液态相中自缔合行为认识的有效方法;结合现阶段的研究状况,对石油组分模型化合物的超分子化学作用研究的发展前景进行了展望。     

石油沥青质的NMR测定及其模型分子推测

从6种不同原油中分离提取了正己烷不溶的沥青质，测定了沥青质的1H NMR(Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)和13C NMR谱，从不同类型氢和碳原子的质量分数计算得到了一系列平均结构参数，结合相对分子质量测定和元素分析，给出了沥青质基本结构单元的平均分子式，推测了模型分子的结构。结果表明，沥青质的基本结构单元可以用稠环芳烃连接环烷烃和烷基侧链并含氧、氮和硫等杂原子的单元表示，结构单元之间形成缔合体，缔合数为4～6。     

Molecular representation of coal-derived asphaltene based on high resolution mass spectrometry

The asphaltene separated by solubility in small molecular alkanes and toluene is the most structurally diverse and complex components in heavy oil, such as vacuum residue and coal tar. The coal-derived asphaltene is always regard as a succession of maltene fraction from small molecules to large molecules, and also a continuum of island- and archipelago-type structures, which is difficult to be identified accurately through current characterization methods. This limits the further study of molecular dynamics and reaction dynamics simulation of asphaltenes. In this work, a representation model of molecular composition and structure for coal-derived asphaltene is developed mainly based on Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) coupled with collision induced dissociation (CID) and traditional methods of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹³C NMR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Island- and archipelago-type structures are considered qualitatively in the representation of asphaltene. The asphaltene molecules are systematic assembled using stochastic algorithms and optimized by simulated annealing algorithm according to the group contribution method. The bulk properties for simulating asphaltenes are in good agreement with the experimental results giving acceptable predictions for the composition and structure of the asphaltenes. Moreover, the representative average structure asphaltene molecules are obtained using the developed molecular similarity function, which could be applied in the further study of molecular aggregation simulation and reaction kinetics simulation.     

Effect of Asphaltenes and Resins on Asphaltene Aggregation Inhibition,Rheological Behaviour and Waterflood Oil-Recovery

This study presents an investigation about the influence of resins and asphaltenes, extracted from two Mexican crude oils (light and heavy oil samples), on the asphaltene aggregation inhibition, rheological behavior, and waterflood oil-recovery. Resins and asphaltenes were characterized by means of elemental analysis, metals analysis by atomic absorption, ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) in order to evaluate the effect of their structural parameters on the phenomena studied. Efficiency of the resins fraction as natural inhibitors of asphaltene aggregation was evaluated trough ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy. Results showed better efficiencies of resins on asphaltene aggregation inhibition at resin/asphaltene (R/A) ratios close to unity and at high temperature. In addition, efficiencies were influenced by structural characteristics of the asphaltene–resin system. Rheological behavior of the heavy crude oil sample was significantly influenced by the presence of asphaltenes and resins. Finally, asphaltenes and resins played an important role on wettability and waterflood oil-recovery.     

Novel stationary phases based on asphaltenes for gas chromatography

We present the results of investigations on the possibility of the application of the asphaltene fraction isolated from the oxidized residue from vacuum distillation of crude oil as a stationary phase for gas chromatography. The results of the investigation revealed that the asphaltene stationary phases can find use for the separation of a wide range of volatile organic compounds. The experimental values of Rohrschneider/McReynolds constants characterize the asphaltenes as stationary phases of medium polarity and selectivity similar to commercially available phases based on alkyl phthalates. Isolation of asphaltenes from the material obtained under controlled process conditions allows the production of a stationary phase having reproducible sorption properties and chromatographic columns having the same selectivity. Unique selectivity and high thermal stability make asphaltenes attractive as a material for stationary phases for gas chromatography. A low production cost from a readily available raw material (oxidized petroleum bitumens) is an important economic factor in case of application of the asphaltene stationary phases for preparative and process separations.     

High-Q ultrasonic determination of the critical nanoaggregate concentration of asphaltenes and the critical micelle concentration of standard surfactants

Asphaltenes are known to be interfacially active in many circumstances such as at toluene-water interfaces. Furthermore, the term micelle has been used to describe the primary aggregation of asphaltenes in good solvents such as toluene. Nevertheless, there has been significant uncertainty regarding the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of asphaltenes and even whether the micelle concept is appropriate for asphaltenes. To avoid semantic debates we introduce the terminology critical nanoaggregate concentration (CNAC) for asphaltenes. In this report, we investigate asphaltenes and standard surfactants using high-Q, ultrasonic spectroscopy in both aqueous and organic solvents. As expected, standard surfactants are shown to exhibit a sharp break in sonic velocity versus concentration at known CMCs. To prove our methods, we measured known surfactants with CMCs in the range from 0.010 g/L to 2.3 g/L in agreement with the literature. Using density determinations, we obtain micelle compressibilities consistent with previous literature reports. Asphaltenes are also shown to exhibit behavior similar to that of ultrasonic velocity versus concentration as standard surfactants; asphaltene CNACs in toluene occur at roughly 0.1 g/L, although the exact concentration depends on the specific (crude oil) asphaltene. Furthermore, using asphaltene solution densities, we show that asphaltene nanoaggregate compressibilities are similar to micellar compressibilities obtained with standard nonionic surfactants in toluene. These results strongly support the contention that asphaltenes in toluene can be treated roughly within the micelle framework, although asphaltenes may exhibit small levels of aggregation (dimers, etc.) below their CNAC. Furthermore, our extensive results on known surfactants agree with the literature while the asphaltene CNACs reported here are one to two orders of magnitude lower than most previously published results. (Previous work utilized the terminology "micelle" and "CMC" for asphaltenes.) We believe that the previously reported high concentrations for asphaltene CMCs do not correspond to primary aggregation; perhaps they refer to higher levels of aggregation or perhaps to a particular surface structure.     

塔河常压渣油沥青质含硫官能团形态与其性质的关系研究

以塔河常压渣油为原料,分离正庚烷沥青质,并将正庚烷沥青质分成三个极性不同的亚组分。测定沥青质亚组分的平均偶极矩,利用¹H-NMR谱关联得到沥青质平均结构参数以分析沥青质亚组分缔合性质,采用X射线吸收近边结构谱(XANES)表征沥青质亚组分中含硫官能团形态,分析硫原子存在形态对沥青质性质的影响。结果表明,随着沥青质亚组分极性降低,H/C原子比增大;沥青质极性增加,缔合性增强;沥青质中还原态硫主要以噻吩硫形式存在,其次为硫醚;亚砜、砜和磺酸盐是主要的含氧硫化物。噻吩、砜和磺酸盐等官能团的存在对沥青质性质具有影响,但对沥青质极性及缔合性的影响不明显,杂原子硫不是影响沥青质极性和缔合性的主导因素。     

渣油加氢处理过程中硫的分布与脱除规律研究

硫是石油中质量分数最多的杂原子,国内外对硫化合物的研究甚多,但大多数是对轻质馏分的研究[1].原油中70%以上的硫集中在渣油中[2],由于减压渣油分子量大,组成和结构复杂,硫化物的分离和鉴定困难[3].含硫化合物的危害主要表现在严重影响石油产品的使用性能和污染环境,在石油加工过程中腐蚀设备[4,5].随着中国中东高硫原油进口量的增加和环保法规对硫质量分数要求越来越严格,加氢处理成为渣油深加工的主要手段之一[6].脱硫受多种因素的影响[7],如催化剂性能、工艺条件等,而且硫在渣油中的存在类型和分布也严重影响到硫的脱除效果.……     

DPD Molecular Simulations of Asphaltene Adsorption on Hydrophilic Substrates: Effects of Polar Groups and Solubility

Adsorption of asphaltenes onto a polar substrate (e.g., a mineral) was modeled with dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations, using continental asphaltene models. The adsorption mechanisms in 10–20% wt, of asphaltene in toluene/ heptane solutions were studied (well above the solubility limit). The structure in the adsorbed layer was highly sensitive to the presence of polar groups in the alkyl side chains and heteroatom content in the aromatic ring structure. Four types of asphaltene models were used: completely apolar (zero adsorption), apolar chains and polar heteroatoms, polar chains and no heteroatoms, and polar chains and heteroatoms (maximum adsorption). One hundred asphaltene monomers were distributed homogeneously in the solvent initially, in a ～(10 nm)³ domain.

Asphaltene monomers adsorbed irreversibly on the substrate via the polar group in the side chains, resulting in an average perpendicular orientation of the aromatic rings relative to the substrate. More frequent π–π stacking of the aromatic rings occurred for less solubility (more heptane), as in aggregates. With apolar side chains, only the heteroatoms in the aromatic ring structure had affinity to the substrate, but the ring plane did not have any preferred direction.

An important finding is that the aromatic ring assemblies “shielded” the substrate and polar groups that were anchored to the substrate, resulting in an effective non-polar surface layer seen by asphaltenes in the bulk, leading to much lower adsorption probability of the remaining asphaltenes. This “adsorption termination” effect leads to mono-layer formation. Continued adsorption with multilayering and reversible nanoaggregate adsorption occurred when both side chains in the model asphaltene (located on opposite sides of the aromatic sheet) contained polar groups, with a higher probability of exposing further polar groups to the bulk asphaltene. The general conclusion is that the number and position of the polar groups in side chains determine to a large degree the adsorption and aggregation behavior/efficiency of (continental) asphaltenes, in line with experimental evidence. The heteroatoms in the aromatic ring structure plays a more passive role in this context, only by providing organization via more π–π stacking in the adsorbed layer, and in aggregates.     

Changes in asphaltene surface topography with thermal treatment

The impact of thermal cracking reaction on asphaltene structure and morphology has been investigated by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The structural and morphological changes at a microscopic level were monitored by comparing the parent asphaltenes from different vacuum residues (VRs) to their corresponding thermally treated asphaltenes, obtained from the by-product pitch after thermal treatment. The SEM analysis indicated that the asphaltene aggregates extracted from atmospheric residues have smooth and rough surfaces with agglomerate particles and bright inclusions. The SEM images of asphaltene aggregates that are extracted from the pitch samples after mild cracking demonstrated cleavage fracture morphology with obvious reduction in inclusions sizes and intensities. The TEM analysis, on the other hand, indicated that the asphaltenes from residual oils have tangled structures, with edges similar to a cauliflower. The tangled structure is mainly credited to the alkyl side-chains that impede the aromatic sheets from stacking. At mild cracking (400 °C), the asphaltene began to exhibit well-ordered layer structures near the edges due to the rupture of the alkyl side-chains. However, the tangled structure has been preserved in the interior of the sample. As the reaction severity increases (415 °C), the stacking of aromatic sheets became more evident even in the sample interior. At the most severe cracking condition (430 °C), an obvious reduction in the cluster diameter has been observed, which mainly resulted from the reduction in the number of aromatic sheets per stack.