Petroleum Processing and Petrochemicals ›› 2012, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (8): 92-97.

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ADVANCES IN RESEARCHES ON AQUATHERMOLYSIS CATALYSTS FOR HEAVY CRUDE OILS

  

  • Received:2011-12-20 Revised:2012-02-09 Online:2012-08-12 Published:2012-07-30

Abstract: Catalytic aquathermolysis is one of the most potential recovery technologies for heavy crude oils. Advances in researches on aquathermolysis catalysts for heavy crude were summarized based on the importance and necessity of catalytic aquathermolysis for heavy crude recovery. Various catalysts were introduced in accordance with the development of techniques, and the develop tendency of catalyst and process was discussed as well. It seems that developing high activity catalyst system to conduct aquathermolysis of heavy crude under moderate reaction conditions is still the main research target; besides, combining aquathermolysis catalysts with other viscosity reduction methods and developing integrated complex viscosity reducing technologies to exploit synergetic effect should also be focused.

Key words: heavy crude oil, aquathermolysis, catalyst, developing tendency