The Boduszynski continuum : contributions to the understanding of the molecular composition of petroleum

263 Pages·2018·69.345 MB·English

by  Boduszynski, Mieczyslaw M., Moir, Michael E., Ovalles, César

The Boduszynski Continuum:
Contributions to the
Understanding of the Molecular
Composition of Petroleum

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The Boduszynski Continuum:
Contributions to the
Understanding of the Molecular
Composition of Petroleum
Cesar Ovalles, Editor
Chevron Energy Technology Company
Richmond, California
Michael E. Moir, Editor
Chevron Energy Technology Company
Richmond, California
Sponsored by the
ACS Division of Energy and Fuels
AmericanChemicalSociety,Washington,DC
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Contents
Preface.............................................................................................................................. ix
SectionI:HeavyFractionandAsphalteneCharacterization
1. Asphaltenes,WhatArtThou? ................................................................................ 3
MichaelE.Moir
2. TheImportanceofMassBalances: CaseStudiesofEvaluationof
AsphalteneDispersantsandAntifoulants............................................................ 25
CesarOvalles,EstrellaRogel,HarrisMorazan,andMichaelE.Moir
3. EquivalentDistillation: APathtoaBetterUnderstandingofAsphaltene
CharacteristicsandBehavior................................................................................ 51
EstrellaRogel,MichaelRoye,JanieVien,andMatthiasWitt
4. CharacterizationofHeavyPetroleumFractionsbyNMRTechniques ............ 73
AjitPradhan,CesarOvalles,andMichaelMoir
5. FromaDreamtoaFact: DirectMeasurementofVanadiumandNickel
DistributioninCrudeOilCutsFraction(800−1250°F)..................................... 87
M.M.Boduszynski,C.E.Rechsteiner,M.E.Moir,D.Leong,J.Nelson,LPoirier,
andF.Lopez-Linares
SectionII:TheBoduszynskiContinuumModel
6. TheCompositionalandStructuralContinuumofPetroleumfromLight
DistillatestoAsphaltenes: TheBoduszynskiContinuumTheoryAs
RevealedbyFT-ICRMassSpectrometry........................................................... 113
MarthaL.Chacón-Patiño,StevenM.Rowland,andRyanP.Rodgers
7. PlausibleLocusforLargeParaffinicCompoundsintheBoduszynski
ContinuousCompositionPetroleumModel ...................................................... 173
LanteA.CarbognaniOrtega
8. EffectofBitumenMolecularTransformationduringUpgradingon
AsphaltenesChemistryandCompatibility........................................................ 189
ParvizRahimi
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Section III: Distillation
9. AttainableProductYieldDistributionCurve: ARoadmaptoCrudeOil
Composition.......................................................................................................... 205
CarlE.Rechsteiner
10. CorrelationofThermogravimetryandHighTemperatureSimulated
DistillationforOilAnalysis: ThermalCrackingInfluenceoverboth
Methodologies....................................................................................................... 223
LanteA.CarbognaniOrtega,JosuneCarbognani,andPedroPereiraAlmao
Editors’Biographies .................................................................................................... 241
Indexes
AuthorIndex ................................................................................................................ 245
SubjectIndex................................................................................................................ 247
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Preface
Dr. Mieczyslaw M. Boduszynski (Mietek) was the recipient of the 2016
George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry and the 2017
ENFL Distinguished Researcher Award. Dr. Boduszynski was honored for his
significant contributions to the understanding of the molecular composition of
petroleum and his profound influence on a generation of petroleum and fuel
chemists. This book is based on the symposium titled “ENFL Distinguished
Researcher Award in Honor of Mieczyslaw M. Boduszynski”, sponsored
by the Energy and Fuel Division (ENFL), held at the 253rd ACS National
Meeting & Exposition, April 2-6, 2017, in San Francisco. Other authors were
invited to participate to complement the multiples technical areas impacted by
Boduszynski’sworkduringhisillustriouscareer.
Dr. Boduszynskialwaysadvocatedthatabetterunderstandingofpetroleum
molecular composition is key to predicting its properties and behavior. Such
information is valuable for chemists, geologists, and chemical and petroleum
engineers working in all areas of the petroleum value chain from exploration
and production to refining. In a demonstration of Mietek’s influence, this book
presentsanin-depthaccountofBoduszynski’sworkfromthepointofviewofhis
collaborators and peers. The impacts on operations and current practices in the
industryarediscussedaswell.
This monograph covers three broad topics of Mietek’s outstanding career,
Heavy Fraction and Asphaltene Characterization, The Boduszynski Continuum
Model, andDistillation.
Since his days as a graduate student in Poland, Mietek dedicated himself to
the understanding of petroleum composition especially that of heavy ends; this
meanstheisolationandcharacterizationoftheheaviestportionsofthepetroleum
inarationalandconsistentfashion. InChapter1,Dr. MichaelMoirdiscussesthe
originofthetermasphaltene,thehistoryofthesciencebehind,andhowthecurrent
stateofknowledgealignswiththemodelofpetroleumproposedbyBoduszynski.
In1980, Dr. Boduszynskicausedaconsiderablestirinhislandmarkconference
publication “Asphaltenes, where are you?” and inspired the title of Dr. Moir’s
chapter(Chapter1)“Asphaltenes,WhatArtThou?”.
Next, in Chapter 2, Dr. Cesar Ovalles and coworkers present a chapter
dedicated to the importance of mass balances (also called material balances) for
theunderstandingofpetroleumchemistryandtoensurethesuccessfuloutcomeof
experimentation. Duringhisillustriouscareer, Dr. MietekBoduszynskidevoted
considerabletimeandefforttoanalyzingandunderstandingmassbalancesduring
his laboratory testing and experimentation. Following his teaching, several case
studiesarepresentedfortheevaluationofasphaltenedispersantsandantifoulants.
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