Engineering, automotive, and aviation sectors increasingly seek carbon fiber due to its
exceptional strength and lightweight properties. Although polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based …

One of the main challenges in crude oil extraction and refining is the formation of highly toxic
intractable petroleum emulsions (oily sludge). Herein, the simultaneous demulsification and …

The main problems of the development of heavy oil fields and the ways of their solution are
considered. The modern nontraditional methods for extracting heavy crude oils, ensuring …

The visbreaking of Canadian oil sands bitumen (OSB) and Tahe atmospheric residue (AR)
with high metal and asphaltene content was studied to deepen the understanding of the …

The better utilization of low-quality oil resources is becoming more and more crucial for
sustainable development due to the depletion of conventional petroleum resources and …

Pyrolysis is an important conversion process which can produce high value-added light oils
from unconventional oils such as oil sand bitumen and extra heavy oil, thus it is important to …

The solvent deasphalting (SDA) process is a heavy oil upgrading process in which
deasphalted oil (DAO) is extracted from heavy oil feedstock by precipitating asphaltene …

Waste lubricant oil (WLO) is an absolute hazardous entry in the European List of Waste that
requires proper treatment. Solvent extraction is one of the most effective deasphalting …

Heavy crude oils are under constant investigation due to light oil exhaustion. So, its use is
compulsory to meet the world energy demand. Heavy crude oils present several drawbacks …

The solvent deasphalting (SDA) process is specifically designed to selectively remove
asphaltene from heavy oil feedstocks. However, high energy consumption resulting from the …