Current status and future trends of in situ catalytic upgrading of extra heavy oil

Z Wu, H Chen, X Cai, Q Gou, L Jiang, K Chen, Z Chen… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil decomposes viscous heavy oil underground through
a series of complex chemical and physical reactions with the aid of an injected catalyst, and …

Crude oil oxidation in an air injection based enhanced oil recovery process: Chemical reaction mechanism and catalysis

C Yuan, W Pu, MA Ifticene, S Zhao… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Air injection as a thermal method for heavy oil recovery has a long history of about a century.
However, it has not been widely applied in oilfields to date because of many challenges …

Low-temperature oxidation of heavy crude oil characterized by TG, DSC, GC-MS, and negative ion ESI FT-ICR MS

S Zhao, W Pu, X Peng, J Zhang, H Ren - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-temperature oxidation (LTO) is of great significance for the subsequent oxidation
reactions and oil recovery during in-situ combustion. The paper brings an in-depth analysis …

Oxidation behaviors of Hongqian heavy crude oil characterized by TG-DSC-FTIR-MS within full temperature regions

L Wang, T Wang, Y Zhang, X Peng, W Song, J Yang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
To better understand in-situ combustion (ISC) theory and reveal the oxidation behavior and
mechanism of Hongqian (HQ) heavy crude oil, the thermo-oxidative characteristics and …

In situ supported Pd NPs on biodegradable chitosan/agarose modified magnetic nanoparticles as an effective catalyst for the ultrasound assisted oxidation of alcohols …

M Shahriari, MA Sedigh, Y Mahdavian… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this content, a green approach for the ultrasound promoted in situ immobilization of Pd
NPs over biodegradable chitosan/agarose modified ferrite NP (Fe 3 O 4@ CS-Agarose/Pd) …

Thermo-oxidative characteristics and kinetics of light, heavy, and extra-heavy crude oils using accelerating rate calorimetry

S Zhao, W Pu, J Pan, S Chen, L Zhang - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The thermo-oxidative characteristics and kinetics of crude oil directly affected the
combustion performance and oil upgrading. This paper brought an in-depth analysis …

Oxidation behavior and kinetics of shale oil under different oxygen concentrations

S Zhao, W Pu, Y Li, Q Jiang, C Yuan, MA Varfolomeev… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The oxidation behavior and kinetics of crude oil within tight shale differ from those of
traditional light and heavy oils. In this study, the static oxidation tests on tight shale samples …

Thermo-oxidative behavior and kinetics analysis of light and heavy oils based on TG, DSC, and FTIR

L Wang, T Wang, Z Bai, C Yuan, W Song… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In-situ combustion (ISC), as a time-honored replacement technology for heavy
reservoir development, needs to improve its application effect urgently. The oxidation …

On the evaluation of crude oil oxidation during thermogravimetry by generalised regression neural network and gene expression programming: application to thermal …

MR Mohammadi, A Hemmati-Sarapardeh… - … Theory and Modelling, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Enhancing oil recovery using in-situ combustion (ISC) is an attractive alternative, especially
for heavy crudes. During ISC, part of the hydrocarbon is pyrolysed/oxidised, which …

Comparison of oxidation behavior of linear and branched alkanes

C Yuan, DA Emelianov, MA Varfolomeev… - Fuel Processing …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this research, the oxidation behavior of six linear and branched alkanes was investigated
using high-pressure differential scanning calorimeter (HP-DSC) and thermogravimetry …