The petroleum industry activities unavoidably generate a large quantity of sludge named Petroleum industry sludge (PIS). The generation rate has been increasing because of the ascending energy demand. It is a potential energy resource. PIS has been…
After the quinoline insoluble fraction was removed, petroleum pitch (PP) was brominated under ultraviolet light irradiation for 3 to 9 h with a bromine to PP mass ratio of 1:20 to prepare brominated PPs (BPPs). Synthetic pitches (SPs) were produced…
Abstract: The influence of ozonization on the composition and flotation properties of petroleum and petroleum distillate fractions is considered. Preliminary ozonization is found to promote the formation of apolar hydrocarbon collectors of various…
The present work proposes a novel system which integrates high-sulfur petroleum coke chemical looping gasification (CLG) and sulfur recovery. Depending on the gas-solid reaction, CLG process has the ability to control the reaction pattern to obtain…
Petroleum coke is industrial solid wastes and its disposal and storage has been a great challenge to the environment. In this study, petroleum coke was utilized as a novel co-reduction reductant of low-grade laterite ore and red mud. A ferronickel…
Scope: This test method details a procedure for performing particle size distribution analysis by dry sieve testing on green petroleum coke with a topsize of no more than 75mm and calcined petroleum coke with a topsize of no more than 25mm. Size…
The process of heavy crude oil steam cracking using semi-flow (with respect to water) and steadystate regimes at 425C without catalyst is investigated. It is established that in the case of a semi-flow regime, water acts predominantly as a physical…
Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs) with the capability of high energy and high power are considered to be attractive for advanced energy storage applications. However, the design and fabrication of suitable electrode materials with desirable properties by…
The Government of Canada has implemented measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a carbon tax and its proposed Clean Fuel Standard. Alberta's Oil Sands industry, arguably one of Canada's largest and most energy intensive industries,…
Gasification is an efficient and environmentally friendly treatment process for petroleum coke. But the rheology and stability of petroleum coke-water slurries (PWS) do not meet the feeding requirements of gasification. This study blends Hami coal…
Graphene is being suggested as a replacement for activated carbon in energy storage devices ranging from supercapacitors to batteries. The generation of multi-heteroatom self-doped graphene structure from waste materials will be an efficient way to…
Sulfur-host material with abundant pore structure and high catalysis plays an important role in development of high-energy-density lithiumsulfur (LiS) batteries. Herein, we implanted NiCoP nanoparticles into the N,S co-doped porous carbon derived…
In order to improve the properties of petroleum coke water slurry (PWS), a quaternary ammonium Gemini cationic surfactant, 14-3(OH)-14(2Cl) (G14), was chosen to modify the surface chemistry of Lanqiao petroleum coke (LQ). Compared with the single…
Petroleum coke is often shortened as pet coke. Petroleum coke or pet coke is a product obtained from oil of all kinds during the oil refining process. Petroleum coke is a carbon-rich solid originating from petroleum refining and is obtained by…
Scrubber operations were studied using the Flow Vision software system, which made it possible to obtain a picture of the distribution of velocity, temperature, and pressure fields of the flue gas inside the scrubber, and estimate the operation of…
A real-time mathematical model for the two-dimensional temperature field of petroleum coke calcination in vertical shaft calciner was developed based on computational fluid dynamics. In the modeling process, the petroleum coke discharging process was…
The process of obtaining titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) from the quartz-leucoxene concentrate (QLC) from the Yaregskoe oil-titanium field was studied. The carriers of titanium in the concentrate are leucoxene grains, which are polymineral aggregates…
The characteristics of cold flow field of an oxygen-enriched burner was studied that was applicable to petroleum coke powder industrial boiler. Low temperature tracer method and Infrared imaging temperature measurement were applied. Through the…
The use of high-sulfur petroleum coke (petcoke) as raw material in the carbon industry requires an effective desulfurization process. Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and NH3 gaseous desulfurization are the most effective approaches. However, the S/N…
The Government of Canada has implemented measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a carbon tax and its proposed Clean Fuel Standard. Alberta's Oil Sands industry, arguably one of Canada's largest and most energy intensive industries,…
Petroleum coke and biomass/coal co-gasification is a promising approach for efficiently integrating the individual advantages of different gasification feedstocks with syngas production. Therefore, research on syngas production, reactivity…
Zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials show intriguing potential in the field of unconventional oil resource development for reducing injection pressure and enhancing oil recovery. However, the complicated synthesis procedure, necessity for surfactant…
We investigated the spatio-temporal trends of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) deposition in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) between 2008 and 2017, and applied source apportionment tools to assess sources using snowpacks. Estimated PAC mass…
Much of the research from Canada's oil sands region (OSR) shows contaminants of concern (CoCs) throughout the ambient environment surrounding the industrial facilities. While there are some well-established sources of the CoCs, there is also spatial…
Insights into thermal degradation behaviour, kinetics, reaction mechanism, possible synergism, and thermodynamic analysis of co-pyrolysis of carbonaceous materials are crucial for efficient design of co-pyrolysis reactor systems. Present study deals…
A new vacuum-assisted alkali roasting desulfurization technology for petroleum coke is presented in this article. Deep desulfurization experiments were carried out on high-sulfur petroleum coke under argon and vacuum conditions. The results showed…
A research on the fate of active groups from three typical petroleum cokes (petcokes) during gasification in a drop tube furnace have been presented. The results showed that the relative reduction (R) index can be used to assess the gasification…
Mercury pollution from coal combustion has attracted widespread attention. Petroleum coke (PC), a by-product from petrochemical industry, is a potential substance to replace activated carbon mercury removal adsorbent. Most of the published articles…
Petroleum coke is a potential source of vanadium (V), nickel (Ni), and molybdenum (Mo) to water resources in Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) of northern Alberta, Canada. Large stockpiles of this bitumen upgrading byproduct will be incorporated into…
In order to improve the properties of petroleum coke water slurry (PWS), a quaternary ammonium Gemini cationic surfactant, 14-3(OH)-14(2Cl) (G14), was chosen to modify the surface chemistry of Lanqiao petroleum coke (LQ). Compared with the single…
Petroleum coke is a potential source of vanadium (V), nickel (Ni), and molybdenum (Mo) to water resources in Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) of northern Alberta, Canada. Large stockpiles of this bitumen upgrading byproduct will be incorporated into…
In order to improve the properties of petroleum coke water slurry (PWS), a quaternary ammonium Gemini cationic surfactant, 14-3(OH)-14(2Cl) (G14), was chosen to modify the surface chemistry of Lanqiao petroleum coke (LQ). Compared with the single…
Zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials show intriguing potential in the field of unconventional oil resource development for reducing injection pressure and enhancing oil recovery. However, the complicated synthesis procedure, necessity for surfactant…