Effect of Metallic Additives on Upgrading Heavy Oil with Microwave Heating
Upgrading of 12.4°API, Bati Rarnan (Turkey) heavy oil with microwave heating is investigated. Upgrading performance of the heavy oil is studied through viscosity, temperature measurements. Differing amounts of Fe2O3, FeCl3, and Fe powder were added to heavy oil to observe effect of metallic additives on microwave heating. Upgrading of heavy oil with microwave energy produced oil with pipeline specification viscosity such that the viscosity reduced from 2400 cp to 120cp when metallic additives are used. It is observed that the concentration of the metallic additive is more important compared to heating time as long as enough time is allowed for the chemical reactions to occur. Furthermore, sand pack microwave upgrading experiments conducted using a state of the art graphite model, are used to confirm upgrading results. Experiments are successfully simulated using a thermal simulator.
BERNA HASCAKIR SERHAT AKIN
Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey
国际会议
首届世界重油大会(The Technical Sessions of the First World Heavy Oil Conference)
北京
英文
915-919
2006-11-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）