Interfacial sciences in unconventional petroleum production: from fundamentals to applications

L He, F Lin, X Li, H Sui, Z Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
With the ever increasing demand for energy to meet the needs of growth in population and
improvement in the living standards in particular in developing countries, the abundant …

Challenges in characterization of residual oils. A review

D Stratiev, I Shishkova, I Tankov, A Pavlova - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper passes over the literature for residual oil characterization. The methods for
residual oil characterization are classified in: characterization based on physical and …

Predicting octane number using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and artificial neural networks

AG Abdul Jameel, V Van Oudenhoven, AH Emwas… - Energy & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Machine learning algorithms are attracting significant interest for predicting complex
chemical phenomenon. In this work, a model to predict research octane number (RON) and …

Changes in asphaltene structure during thermal cracking of residual oils: XRD study

FS AlHumaidan, A Hauser, MS Rana, HMS Lababidi… - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study is to determine the effect of thermal cracking on asphaltene
molecular structure. Hence, n-heptane insoluble fractions were precipitated and collected …

Lessons learned from a decade-long assessment of asphaltenes by ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry and implications for complex mixture analysis

ML Chacon-Patino, MR Gray, C Rüger… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in instrumentation for high-field Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance
mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) have enabled access to∼ 70 000 unique molecular …

Resins and asphaltenes of light and heavy oils: their composition and structure

TV Cheshkova, VP Sergun, EY Kovalenko… - Energy & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The complex of physicochemical methods of analysis (elemental analysis, cryoscopy in
benzene, IR and 1H NMR spectroscopies, structural group analysis, gas chromatography …

NMR spectroscopy analysis of asphaltenes

S Ok, TK Mal - Energy & Fuels, 2019 - ACS Publications
In crude oil production and processing, asphaltene aggregation followed by precipitation is
a major problem for the oil industry as it causes deactivation of catalysts, blocking pipelines …

Characterization of deasphalted heavy fuel oil using APPI (+) FT-ICR mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy

AGA Jameel, A Khateeb, AM Elbaz, AH Emwas… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Asphaltenes are n-alkane insoluble compounds found in crude oils and heavy fuels (high
and non-boiling petroleum fractions). Asphaltene molecular structure has not been fully …

Calculation of Average Molecular Parameters, Functional Groups, and a Surrogate Molecule for Heavy Fuel Oils Using 1H and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance …

AG Abdul Jameel, AM Elbaz, AH Emwas… - Energy & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Heavy fuel oil (HFO) is primarily used as fuel in marine engines and boilers to generate
electricity. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a powerful analytical tool for structure …

Comparison of the composition and structure for coal-derived and petroleum heavy subfraction by an improved separation method

Y Zhu, F Tian, Y Liu, L Cui, Y Dan, C Du, D Li - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The property of coal-derived asphaltene and resin shows remarkable differences from
petroleum one, such as the molecular aggregation and thermal cracking characteristics. It is …