Improved Density Prediction for Mixtures of Native and Refined Heavy Oil with Solvents

Autor: D. P. Ortiz, F. F. Schoeggl, J. C. Okafor, M. C. Sánchez-Lemus, Shawn David Taylor, F. G. A. van den Berg, Harvey W. Yarranton
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Energy & Fuels. 29:3052-3063
ISSN: 1520-5029
0887-0624
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b00528
Popis: A correlation was developed to predict the density of mixtures of heavy oil (and other petroleum liquids) and hydrocarbon solvents when the densities of each fluid in the mixture are available. Densities at atmospheric pressure and 293 K were measured for saturates and aromatics (SA) fractions from 10 native, thermo-cracked, and hydrocracked heavy oils all mixed with toluene and n-heptane; distillation cuts from 6 heavy oils mixed with toluene; and mixtures of deasphalted heavy oils with naphtha, diesel, and condensate. Density of mixtures of hydrocarbons and solvents at higher pressures (0.1–10 MPa) and temperatures (298–353 K) were also measured or obtained from the literature. Symmetry versus mass fraction was observed for all of the mixtures, and their densities were fitted with a mixing rule in which excess volumes are quantified with a binary interaction parameter and the density of each mixture component. The excess volume mixing rule fit the data for each mixture with average absolute deviations (...
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