Bio-oil upgrading through hydrogen transfer reactions in supercritical solvents

YK Park, JM Ha, S Oh, J Lee - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
The increase in energy demands and problems related to fossil fuels have encouraged the
development of suitable renewable energies as petroleum alternatives. Fast pyrolysis is a …

Use of supercritical water for the liquefaction of polypropylene into oil

WT Chen, K Jin, NH Linda Wang - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
About five billion tons of plastic waste have accumulated in landfills and the natural
environment over the past 50 years. Polypropylene (PP) waste accounts for about 23% of …

Supercritical water processes: Future prospects

MJ Cocero - The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstracts This contribution examines the challenges faced by supercritical water processes
for industrial development. As an alternative, the intensification of the supercritical water …

Refinery bitumen and domestic unconventional heavy oil upgrading in supercritical water

RO Canıaz, S Arca, M Yaşar, C Erkey - The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2019 - Elsevier
Upgrading of three different bitumens from bottom of crude oil distillation columns, a type of
bitumen from side stream of a propane deasphalting (PDA) unit and bitumen extracted from …

Thermochemical conversions of municipal solid waste into fuels and chemicals

MA Munawar, P Li, Q Ma, MA Haque, WT Chen - Advances in Bioenergy, 2023 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste (MSW) is heterogeneous and is a major concern for human and
environmental health. According to the World Bank, the global generation of MSW will reach …

Continuous visbreaking of heavy oil in the presence of hot compressed water

YJ Xu, YF Sun, JY Yang, ZB Huang… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The dealkylation-based visbreaking of heavy oil in a hot compressed water (HCW)
environment was investigated in a tubular reactor at 400° C and 18 MPa. Under the applied …

Application of supercritical fluid technologies in chemical and petrochemical industries

IA Makaryan, AY Kostin, IV Sedov - Petroleum Chemistry, 2020 - Springer
The review is devoted to studying the possibilities of using supercritical fluids as a reaction
medium in the chemical and petrochemical industries, which will solve the urgent problem of …

Demetallization of heavy oils of high metal content through pyrolysis under supercritical water environment

XQ Tang, JC Pu, HB Zheng, XD Yu, XF Chen… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Through pyrolysis under a supercritical water (SCW) environment, the demetallization of
Tsingtao vacuum residuum (VR) and Tahe atmospheric residuum (AR) with a total vanadium …

A Study on Generation and Feasibility of Supercritical Multi-Thermal Fluid

X Tang, Z Hua, J Zhang, Q Fu, J Tian - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Supercritical multi-thermal fluid is an emerging and efficient heat carrier for thermal recovery
of heavy oil, but the generation of supercritical multi-thermal fluid and its feasibility in thermal …

Prospects: Facing current challenges in high pressure high temperature process engineering with in situ Raman measurements

AS Braeuer - The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
Prospects are given how Raman spectroscopy can provide valuable insights into the
understanding of processes that are operated at high pressures and high temperature. At …