What are the methods for treating heavy oil?
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What are the methods for treating heavy oil? Has anyone used quantitative molecular simulation for heavy oil?
Heavy oil is primarily synthesized from materials such as atmospheric oil, vacuum residue, cracking residue, cracking diesel, and catalytic diesel obtained during the processing of crude oil. It is a mixture containing polyaromatics and high-chain hydrocarbons. Common treatment methods include pyrolysis, cracking, and catalytic hydrogenation. First, vacuum distillation is carried out, followed by pyrolytic fractionation, which allows complex organic compounds to be broken down into smaller molecules such as alkenes, alkynes, and alkanes
Thank you for the answer! But is it possible to use molecular simulation for research on heavy oil? If so, what are those directions?
The current methods for processing heavy oil are hydrogenation and coking; many companies within CNPC and Sinopec are currently adopting hydrogenation for heavy oil treatment
The current processing methods for heavy oil are hydrogenation, catalysis, and coking.