Study of Catalytic Cracking of Asphaltene in Near-Critical Water

Abstract

The method of solvent division is adopted to separate asphaltene from Shengli heavy oil by n-heptane. 1HNMR and 13CNMR spectrum of asphaltene were determined with a Bruker Avance 400 NMR spectrometer. Combining with the elemental analysis results, the aromatic-ring structure is main structural composition in the asphaltene. Asphaltene was catalyzed and cracked with naphthenate nickel as catalytic cracking catalyst in near-critical water. The suitable reactional condition was obtained by orthogonal experiment method, reaction temperature 300°C, the mass fraction of catalyst used 0.6%, reaction time 24h. By testing element content of cracked asphaltene, carbon element content had reduced 0.06%~0.80%; hydrogen element content had reduced by 0.74%~3.41%; oxygen element content had reduced by 3.12%~27.1%; nitrogen element content had reduced by 0.40%~13.47%; sulfur element content had reduced by 9.85%~31.26%.