Effects of U-ore on the chemical and isotopic composition of products of hydrous pyrolysis of organic matter
Autor: | Jingkui Mi, Wenlong Zhang, Xiaomei Wang, Shuichang Zhang, Huajian Wang, Kun He, Chao-Dong Wu, Yu-Wen Cai |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Hydrogen Science Inorganic chemistry Energy Engineering and Power Technology chemistry.chemical_element Hydrous pyrolysis 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Geochemistry and Petrology Kerogen Organic matter Stable isotopes Petrology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences chemistry.chemical_classification Carbocation mechanism QE420-499 Geology Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Geophysics Fuel Technology Hydrocarbon U-ore chemistry Organic–inorganic interaction Anhydrous Economic Geology Carbon Pyrolysis |
Zdroj: | Petroleum Science, Vol 14, Iss 2, Pp 315-329 (2017) |
ISSN: | 1995-8226 1672-5107 |
Popis: | In order to investigate the impact of U-ore on organic matter maturation and isotopic fractionation, we designed hydrous pyrolysis experiments on Type-II kerogen samples, supposing that the water and water–mineral interaction play a role. U-ore was set as the variable for comparison. Meanwhile, anhydrous pyrolysis under the same conditions was carried out as the control experiments. The determination of liquid products indicates that the presence of water and minerals obviously enhanced the yields of C15+ and the amounts of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases. Such results may be attributed to water-organic matter reaction in the high-temperature system, which can provide additional hydrogen and oxygen for the generation of gas and liquid products from organic matter. It is found that δD values of hydrocarbon gases generated in both hydrous pyrolysis experiments are much lower than those in anhydrous pyrolysis. What is more, δD values are lower in the hydrous pyrolysis with uranium ore. Therefore, we can infer that water-derived hydrogen played a significant role during the kerogen thermal evolution and the hydrocarbon generation in our experiments. Isotopic exchange was facilitated by the reversible equilibration between reaction intermediaries with hydrogen under hydrothermal conditions with uranium ore. Carbon isotopic fractionations of hydrocarbon gases were somehow affected by the presence of water and the uranium ore. The increased level of i-C4/n-C4 ratios for gas products in hydrous pyrolysis implied the carbocation mechanism for water-kerogen reactions. |
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