A comprehensive review on the recent advances on the petroleum asphaltene aggregation

Z Rashid, CD Wilfred, N Gnanasundaram… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
Asphaltene finds a distinguished position in current research on liquid and solid
hydrocarbon fuels due to its self-aggregating nature. The presence of asphaltene in crude …

The organic geochemistry of asphaltenes and occluded biomarkers

LR Snowdon, JK Volkman, Z Zhang, G Tao, P Liu - Organic Geochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Asphaltenes are heteroatom rich macromolecules thought to be mainly derived from the
early breaking of covalent bonds in kerogen and thus have been considered to be a lower …

Advances in asphaltene petroleomics. part 1: asphaltenes are composed of abundant island and archipelago structural motifs

ML Chacón-Patiño, SM Rowland, RP Rodgers - Energy & fuels, 2017 - ACS Publications
For decades, discussion of asphaltene structure focused primarily on molecular weight. Now
that it is widely accepted that asphaltene monomers are between∼ 250 and 1200 g/mol …

[HTML][HTML] 沥青质大分子的结构及其测定方法综述

张志荣, 陶国亮, 陈彦鄂 - 石油实验地质, 2023 - sysydz.net
沥青质是石油或岩石可溶有机质的重要组分之一, 通常具有复杂的大分子结构和较高的分子量.
沥青质中包裹(或键合) 的生物标志物被认为具有重要的油气地球化学研究价值 …

Fractionation and characterization of petroleum asphaltene: focus on metalopetroleomics

F Zheng, Q Shi, GS Vallverdu, P Giusti, B Bouyssiere - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Asphaltenes, as the heaviest and most polar fraction of petroleum, have been characterized
by various analytical techniques. A variety of fractionation methods have been carried out to …

Influence of asphaltenes on the low-sulphur residual marine fuels' stability

KI Smyshlyaeva, VA Rudko, VG Povarov… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The effects of asphaltenes from two heavy oil residues on the sedimentation stability of
residual marine fuels were assessed and compared. As base components of residual …

Application of scattering and diffraction techniques for the morphological characterization of asphaltenes

J Jennings, DJ Growney, H Brice, OO Mykhaylyk… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Asphaltenes are an important class of complex carbon-rich molecules found in crude oil.
Their chemical structure varies depending on the geological source but generally comprises …

Mesoscale simulation of asphaltene aggregation

J Wang, AL Ferguson - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016 - ACS Publications
Asphaltenes constitute a heavy aromatic crude oil fraction with a propensity to aggregate
and precipitate out of solution during petroleum processing. Aggregation is thought to …

Review of asphaltene deposition modeling in oil and gas production

A Al-Hosani, S Ravichandran, N Daraboina - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Asphaltene precipitation and deposition in the reservoir, near-wellbore region, and pipelines
is one of the critical problems in flow assurance. It can cause a blockage of pore throats and …

Application of the UNIFAC Model for the Low-Sulfur Residue Marine Fuel Asphaltenes Solubility Calculation

VG Povarov, I Efimov, KI Smyshlyaeva… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since 2020, 0.5% limits on the sulfur content of marine fuels have been in effect worldwide.
One way to achieve this value is to mix the residual sulfur and distillate low sulfur …