American Journal of Analytical Chemistry
Vol.06 No.13(2015), Article ID:62130,12 pages
10.4236/ajac.2015.613099

Impregnation of Carbonate Rock with Bituminous Compounds. III. Thermophysical Properties of the Impregnation Material

Zufar I. Zaripov1, Ilgiz R. Gabitov1, Ruslan R. Nakipov1, Farid M. Gumerov1, Mansur I. Farakhov2, Vener F. Khayrutdinov2

1Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Kazan National Research Technological University”, Kazan, Russian Federation

2Limited Liability Company Engineering, Promotional Center “Inzhekhim”, Kazan, Russian Federation

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Received 22 October 2015; accepted 20 December 2015; published 23 December 2015

ABSTRACT

The investigation on thermodynamic properties (density ρ, viscosity ν) of heavy oil has been carried out in the temperature range 298 - 363 K at pressure 0.098 MPa, and thermal expansion coefficient αp at pressures up to 49 MPa. The results of specific heat measurements of oil and oil products are presented at pressures up to 29 MPa and temperatures up to 613 K for heavy oil and temperature range of 323 - 473 K at atmospheric pressure for oil products. Thermal effects occurring during the processing of crude oil have been investigated. According to the obtained values of thermal expansion coefficients, density of the oil has been calculated for pressures up to 49 MPa.

Keywords:

Heavy Crude Oil, Mixtures, Specific Heat, Thermal Expansion Coefficient, Density, Viscosity, Heat Effect

1. Introduction

The current trend in the refining industry is the use of heavy crude oils. Because of the higher content of heteroatoms, metals and asphaltenes, as well as due to greater amount of non-separable hydrocarbons, it is more difficult to process this oil [1] -[3] .

Against this background, the problems of rational use and processing of hard recoverable reserves, such as highly-viscous oils and natural bitumen, become more urgent. These problems cannot be solved without the implementation of modern production technologies, such as steam-thermal (Cyclic Steam Stimulation―CSS [1] , Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage―SAGD [4] ), cold production (Cold Heavy-Oil Production with Sand― CHOPS [5] ), technologies based on the use of solvents and catalysts [6] -[8] , as well as the implementation of hydrocarbon refining technologies [9] -[27] . Nowadays one of the promising, environmentally friendly methods for production and refining of highly-viscous oils and natural bitumen is the use of supercritical fluid (SCF) technologies [28] -[30] .

The problems of rational use and refining of scavenger heavy oil and natural bitumen cannot be solved without the implementation of a wide range of modern extraction and processing technologies [4] -[30] .

Highly viscous oil is a dispersed medium in which asphaltenes are dispersed into hydrocarbons with a lower molecular weight. This entire medium is stabilized by poly-nuclear aromatic compounds and resins constituting the solvate shell [31] . The dispersed medium is unstable. Under the influence of various factors (temperature, pressure), the medium is a subject to various phase transformations including precipitation and dissolution [31] - [33] .

Phase behavior of heavy oils and bitumen is the necessary initial data for the development and design of technological processes and activities associated with their production, transportation and processing of oil. These materials, as well as many other fluids industry is interested in, are opaque to visible light and their phase behavior cannot be studied using optical cells, and even X-ray Tomography [33] . Only the use of different methods of analysis will allow identifying the characteristics of their phase behavior. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is a sensitive method for the detection and evaluation of phase transitions [34] -[39] .

Thus, designing and optimization of oil refining technological processes require data on phase behavior and thermal properties (density, viscosity and composition) of both oils/oil fractions and their mixtures with solvents. There are many researches in this area, including investigations on phase equilibrium [37] -[42] , compositions and properties [42] -[52] .

This investigation is a part of the big research [53] , where heavy oil from Ashalchinskoye accumulation (Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation) has been selected as the object of the study, for which there are available data on component and hydrocarbon compositions, and structural characteristics [43] -[48] . The aim of this study is to obtain new data on composition and properties of the described heavy oil and its derivatives necessary to analyze the influence of thermodynamic parameters on their phase state.

2. Experimental Part

2.1. Materials, Apparatus and Investigation Methods

The objects of the investigation are: highly viscous oil from Ashalchinskoye accumulation (Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation) and products of its refining: deasphaltizate, bitumen; asphalt. The deasphaltizate has been gained from the heavy oil residue relating to refining process of highly viscous oil with the use of thermal-steam method [23] and propane/butane deasphaltizing [24] .

X-ray fluorescence analysis has been applied to determine the elemental composition. The measurements have been carried out using energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer EDX-800HS2 produced by “Shimadzu” (Japan) with the implementation of semi-quantitative method. Measurement conditions: Rh-anode tube (50 watts); voltage: 50 kV, 15 kV; current: auto; medium-Helium; diameter measured: 10 mm; measuring time: 100 seconds. Measurements of the samples have been carried out in the range of Ti-U (0.00 - 40.00 keV), Na-Sc (0.00 - 4.40 keV).

The investigation on thermodynamic properties (density ρ, viscosity ν) of the heavy oil has been held in the temperature range of 298 - 363 K at pressure 0.098 MPa, whereas thermal expansion coefficient αt at pressures up to 49 MPa. For the measurement of thermal expansion coefficient αt the experimental apparatus has been used that implements the method of heat-conducting calorimeter [54] . Calculation formulas of the method and the measurement procedure are described in details in [55] -[57] . Reliability of the experimental data on αp is confirmed by control (reference) measurements of chemically-pure substances such as hexane (= 1.3749; = 659.1 kg∙m−3) [54] , and butyl alcohol (= 1.3995; = 809.5 kg∙m−3) [57] [58] . For the measurement of isobaric heat capacity at pressures up to 50 MPa in the temperature range of 273 - 673 K the upgraded scanning calorimeter ITS-400 has been used.

Density ρ at atmospheric pressure has been measured by glass pycnometer with the volume of 10 ml in accordance with GOST 7465-67 [59] [60] , whereas at high-pressures the metal pycnometer has been used with the volume of 2.2 ml [57] . For the viscosity measurement there have been used capillary viscometers VPG-1 [61] . The refractive index has been determined by IRF-22 refractometer [62] [63] . Temperature control of pyknometers and viscometers has been carried out by ultra-thermostat U-10 and electronic thermostat by Huber with an accuracy of better than ±0.02 K. Weighting was performed by scales brand VLA-200 and VLTE-150 with an accuracy of ±0.0001 g and ±0.001 g, respectively.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Elemental Composition of Oil-Products

On the basis of structural analysis (Table 1) and the measurements of density, refractive index and kinematic viscosity of the oil (Figure 1, Table 2), such molecular characteristics as molecular weight and similarity criterion α have been calculated (Table 3).

The calculation of the molecular weight has been carried out using approximation equations [64] :

(1)

(2)

where and―values of kinematic viscosity and density at temperature t = 20˚C. According to the

Table 1. The results of elemental analysis of the oil-product samples.

Table 2. Smoothed-up data on density and viscosity of the oil samples.

Table 3. Molecular characteristics of the investigated oil-products.

characteristics, the oil samples correspond to a fraction of bituminous oil with average molecular weight of 465 g∙mol−1. Viscosity index VI = 150 [68] . During the calculation of the similarity criterion the following formula has been applied [65] -[67] :

(3)

where Mi and ωi―molecular weight (g∙mol−1) and weight percentage of a chemical element in the compound; n―number of elements in the compound.

The obtained data on molecular and structural characteristics have been implemented for the analysis of experimental data on heat capacity.

3.2. Heat Capacity

Control measurements of the apparatus have been carried out on two samples: stearic acid (chemically pure grade) at atmospheric pressure and butyl alcohol at pressures up to 30 MPa [69] [70] . Deviations from [58] [71] [72] for these substances do not exceed 2% - 3%. Confidence limits of the total measurement error of Cp at P = 0.95 are less than 2%. Heat capacity behavior of the oil-products are presented in Figures 1-6.

For the oil-product samples (Figure 1, Figure 4 and Figure 5) some common patterns can be noted, typical for phase transitions. These changes relate primarily to the composition of oil-products [43] -[47] . Thus, according to [45] -[48] data on hydrocarbon, structural-group and component analysis for a fraction of 350˚C - 450˚C, which corresponds to the characteristics of the oil investigated, paraffin-naphthene compounds are represented mainly by solid alkanes and naphthenic hydrocarbons with various numbers of rings, while the aromatic hydrocarbons consist primarily of polycyclic naphthene-aromatic structures with short side chains. This is also confirmed by chromatograms from the results of [45] . Thus 350˚C - 450˚C oil fraction contains some n-alkanes C26-C31, also a large number of high-molecular pentacyclic structures-hopanes C27-C35 is noted, where adianthan C29 and hopane C30 have the highest concentrations. Thus, the presence of solid phase in the composition of the oil and its refinery-products causes a particular behavior of the heat capacity (Figure 1, Figure 4

Figure 1. Comparison of the experimental and calculated heat capacity values of the oil (Sample No.1): 1―experiment; 2―calculation according to [73] ; 3―calculation according to [65] -[67] ; 4―calculation according to [52] .

Figure 2. Heat capacity of the oil (sample No.2): 1―experi- ment; 2―calculation according to [65] -[67] .

Figure 3. Heat capacity of deasphaltizate: 1―experiment; 2―calculation according to [65] -[67] .

Figure 4. Heat capacity of asphalt: 1―experiment; 2―cal- culation according to [65] -[67] .

Figure 5. Heat capacity of bitumen: 1―experiment; 2― calculation according to [65] -[67] .

Figure 6. Heat capacity of the oil (sample No.2) at various pressures: 1―P = 0.098 MPa; 2―P = 9.8 MPa; 3―P = 19.6 MPa; 4―P = 29.4 MPa; 5-calculation according to [65] -[67] .

and Figure 5). The temperature dependences include phase transition regions. For example there are two such regions in Figure 1: the first (more evident) in the range of 350 - 420 K, the second (narrower) in the range of ~430 - 460 K. As for the asphalt (Figure 4) and bitumen (Figure 5) there are more than two such regions. Similar patterns have been observed previously for the samples of crude oil and bitumen [37] -[42] . Such behavior according to [39] is explained by the presence of two phases of asphaltenes, one of which melts or vitrifies (endothermic effect), and the other one dissolves in the first phase (exothermic effect). For example, in [39] the discovery of 4 phases is noted.

Different methods of oil-products’ heat capacity calculation have been analyzed: group component method, thermodynamic similarity method and empirical equations. All these methods have a common feature-they all require data on composition, structure and properties to calculate the heat capacity. In many cases, especially for multi-component compounds, such information is not available. According to the obtained data on elemental and structural composition of oil-products the computational methods have been analyzed, which require a minimum of information on the example of oil sample No.1. The results of calculations according to [52] [65] -[67] [73] and their comparison are presented in Figure 1. This figure shows that the smallest deviations of specific heat are calculated by methods of Shaw [65] -[67] and Filippov [73] . For the calculations by the method of Shaw [65] -[67] the elemental composition data (Table 1) have been used, while for the calculations by the method of Filippov [73] ―the data on the content of saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons [43] [44] and molecular weight (Table 2). The calculation method [52] gives much lower results (Figure 1), since it is not intended for heavy oils and bitumen. Thus, the method of calculation in [65] -[67] allows estimating the heat capacity values with the smallest error on the basis of minimal information. To analyze the phase behavior of oil there has been used an approach based on the calculation of excess heat capacity, which represents the difference between the measured heat capacity and heat capacity of the solid phase [38] [65] -[67] . Elemental composition data is used for the calculations. Based on the elemental analysis (Table 1), thermal capacities of solid phases and the excess heat capacities have been calculated for the oil-products (Figure 7). This figure shows both endothermic and exothermic effects. Similar dependences have been built for the oil (sample No.2), measured under pressure (Figure 2 and Figure 8). As can be seen from these figures the pressure has no significant effect on phase behavior.

As a result, it is found that the phase behavior is greatly influenced by temperature and composition of the oil. Pressure has no significant effect on behavior of the specific heat of the oil.

3.3. Thermal Expansion Coefficient

Experimental apparatus [54] has been applied for the measurement of αр thermal expansion coefficient of the oil (sample No.2) at temperatures T = 298 - 363 K and pressures up to 50 MPa with an accuracy of ±2%. Results of the measurements are presented in Figure 9.

Figure 7. Excess heat capacity of the oil and oil-products: 1―oil (sample No.1); 2―deasphaltizate; 3―asphalt; 4―bitumen.

Figure 8. Excess heat capacity of the oil (sample No.2) at various pressures: 1―P = 0.098 MPa; 2―P = 9.8 MPa; 3―P = 19.6 MPa; 4―P = 29.4 MPa.

Experimental data on, obtained in a wide range of state parameters, allow estimation of the change patterns of αp depending on temperature and pressure.

At temperatures 298 K and 303 K with the increase of pressure up to 25 MPa αp first increases and then decreases. As for the other isotherms throughout the whole range of pressures a gradual decrease in thermal expansion coefficient can be observed. It should be noted that at a pressure of 25 MPa an intersection of αp isotherms occurs. Such behavior has been already noted [54] for n-hexane, where the intersecting point is near 70 MPa.

The results of the thermal expansion coefficient measurements have been applied for the calculation of density by using the following equation:

(4)

where and―density of oil at pressure Р and temperatures T and ТR, kg∙m−3; TR―reference temperature for the experiments, equal to 323 K. Density values and are presented in Table 4.

Figure 9. Pressure dependence of the thermal expansion coefficient at various temperatures T, K (continues lines-smoothed-out data, dots-experiment): 1―T = 298 K; 2―T = 303 K; 3―T = 323 K; 4―T = 348 K; 5―T = 363 K.

Table 4. The results of the density measurements and calculation (kg∙m3).

4. Conclusions

On the basis of structural analysis (Table 1) and measurements of density, refraction, and kinematic viscosity (Figure 1, Table 2) such molecular characteristics as molecular weight and similarity criterion of oil and oil products have been calculated (Table 3).

It was found that characteristics of the oil samples corresponded to fractions of bitumen oil with an average molecular weight of 465 g・mol−1. These fractions are characterized by a large number of high-molecular pentacyclic structures of C27-C35 composition. Adianthan C29 and Hopane C30 have the highest concentrations. The presence of solids in the composition of oil and its products is confirmed by the behavior of specific heat (melting/glass and dissolution peaks) (Figure 1 and Figures 4-6). Analysis of different methods for calculation of oil heat capacity (the method of group components, thermodynamic similarity and empirical equations) showed that the smallest deviations of specific heat were obtained by the methods of Shaw [65] -[67] and Filippov [73] . Calculation method [52] gives much lower results (Figure 1), since it is not intended for heavy oils and bitumen. Thus, the calculation method [65] -[67] allows us to estimate the values of heat capacity with the smallest error on the basis of minimal information. Analysis of phase behavior of the oil products, based on calculation of excess heat capacity representing the difference between the measured heat capacity and heat capacity of the solid phase [38] [65] -[67] has showed (Figure 7) the presence of areas with both endothermic and exothermic effects. As it can be seen from these figures, pressure has no significant effect on the phase behavior.

Acknowledgements

The research has been carried out in Kazan National Research Technological University with the financial support of government represented by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation. Agreement No.14.574.21.0085. Project’s unique identifier RFMEFI57414X0085.

Cite this paper

Zufar I.Zaripov,Ilgiz R.Gabitov,Ruslan R.Nakipov,Farid M.Gumerov,Mansur I.Farakhov,Vener F.Khayrutdinov, (2015) Impregnation of Carbonate Rock with Bituminous Compounds. III. Thermophysical Properties of the Impregnation Material. American Journal of Analytical Chemistry,06,1038-1049. doi: 10.4236/ajac.2015.613099

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