Petroleum Residue Upgrading Via Delayed Coking: A Review

biosurfactants and their use in upgrading petroleum vacuum distillation residue: a review

it has been known for years that microbial surface active agents have a wide range of applications not only in oil spill environment but also in many industries. their properties including: (i) changing surface active phenomena, such as lowering of surface and interfacial tensions, (ii) wetting and penetrating actions, (iii) spreading, (iv) hydrophylicity and hydrophobicity actions, (v) microbi...

A Mechanistic Approach to Delayed Coking Modelling

The valorisation of oil distillation residues constitutes a major problem for refineries. Thermal processes like visbreaking and delayed coking are still quite diffused technologies. This paper presents some major aspects of the delayed coking kinetic modelling and some preliminary results compared with experimental data. A mechanistic approach has been adopted; it allows describing the process...

Upgrading Delayed Petroleum Coke Fines by the Use of Pitch Binders

Syrian petroleum coke, produced by a delayed coking unit, is characterized by a high percentage of fines which tends to reduce its commercial value. Blending coke fines using appropriate binders, such as bitumen and polyacrylic acid, can lead, however, to an improved coke that is similar in structure, appearance and other properties to better-quality coke lumps. In this work, samples of Syrian ...

Upgrading of Pyrolysis Bio-oil: A Review

The increase in the population of the planet and the rapid economic growth and, consequently, the high consumption of energy has created many environmental problems in the globe. Due to these reasons and the lack of renewability of these fossil fuels, there has been a steep trend towards the production of renewable fuels from natural sources, one of which is the production of energy from biomas...

Transition Metal Sulfide Catalysts for Petroleum Upgrading – Hydrodesulfurization Reactions