In this work, a visbreaking reaction model was extended to represent a regime where coke
formation becomes significant (> 1 wt%) in order to better understand the conversion limits …

The deposition of asphaltenes in the petroleum industry has been found to be a significant
factor affecting the profitability of petroleum production and refining. For this reason, many …

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 …

To understand the reaction behavior of heavy oil visbreaking with reduced diffusion
limitation, the visbreaking of an atmospheric residual oil in the solvent of supercritical …

Carbon fiber production from asphaltenes was identified as a potential noncombustion
process to add value to the n-pentane insoluble fraction of oilsands bitumen. Methods to …

Olefins, especially olefinic-bond-containing aromatics (OAH) may have a significant effect on
the coking propensity of heavy residual oil (RO) derived from vacuum residue (VR) thermal …

This paper is in honor of Michael (Mike) T. Klein, and his contributions to the modeling of
thermal conversion are highlighted within the context of this study. The question that was …

Onsite partial upgrading is a promising strategy for facilitating pipeline transportation of
bitumen without the use of diluent. In the present work, a one-step treatment using an …

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 …

The impact of co-feeding light cracked products on thermal conversion was investigated due
to reports that indicated suppression of coking and other benefits during such operation …