Recent advances in asphaltene transformation in heavy oil hydroprocessing: Progress, challenges, and future perspectives

Investigation on asphaltene compositions and structures during hydroprocessing of low-temperature coal tar at different reaction temperatures on Ni–Mo–W/γ–Al2O3 catalysts

(2020) Zhihui Sun et al.   Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis

Impact of Unconverted Residue Recycling on Slurry-Phase Hydroconversion Performance in a Continuous Microscale Pilot Unit

(2020) Pedro Alvarez et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Study of the Influence of Resins on the Asphaltene Aggregates by 1H DOSY NMR

(2020) Natã C. L. Madeira et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Changes in asphaltene surface topography with thermal treatment

(2020) Faisal S. AlHumaidan et al.   Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Tetralin and Decalin H-Donor Effect on Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil Inductively Heated with Steel Balls

(2020) Abarasi Hart et al.   Catalysts

Experimental and Theoretical Approach To Determine the Average Asphaltene Structure of a Crude Oil from the Golden Lane (Faja de Oro) of Mexico

(2020) Yosadara Ruiz-Morales et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Investigation of asphaltene dispersion stability in slurry-phase hydrocracking reaction

(2020) Suk Hyun Lim et al.   FUEL

Preliminary study on the influence of catalyst dosage on coke formation of heavy oil slurry-bed hydrocracking

(2020) Chuan Li et al.   FUEL

A review on the Mo-precursors for catalytic hydroconversion of heavy oil

(2019) Ki Hyuk Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Molecular-Level Characterization of Asphaltenes Isolated from Distillation Cuts

(2019) Amy M. McKenna et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Elucidation of the Average Molecular Structure of Argentinian Asphaltenes

(2019) Yanina B. Bava et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Deactivation of a hydrotreating catalyst during hydroprocessing of synthetic crude by metal bearing compounds

(2019) K. Kohli et al.   FUEL

XAS study of Mo-based dispersed catalysts for upgrading of heavy oil

(2019) A.A. Saraev et al.   RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY

Recent Advances in Heavy Oil Upgrading using Dispersed Catalysts

(2019) Tareq Al-Attas et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Investigation of the relative abundances of single-core and multicore compounds in asphaltenes by using high-resolution in-source collision-activated dissociation and medium-energy collision-activated dissociation mass spectrometry with statistical considerations

(2019) Xueming Dong et al.   FUEL

Slurry phase hydrocracking of vacuum residue in the presence of presulfided oil-soluble MoS2 catalyst

(2019) Bin Liu et al.   FUEL

Asphaltenes formation during thermal conversion of deasphalted oil

(2019) Joy H. Tannous et al.   FUEL

Conversion of V-porphyrin in asphaltenes into V2S3 as an active catalyst for slurry phase hydrocracking of vacuum residue

(2019) Donghun Lee et al.   FUEL

Influence of Co-based catalyst on subfractional composition of heavy oil asphaltenes during aquathermolysis

(2019) I.I. Mukhamatdinov et al.   JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Hydroprocessing of Maya vacuum residue using a NiMo catalyst supported on Cr-doped alumina

(2019) Holda Puron et al.   FUEL

Characteristics of slurry-phase hydrocracking for vacuum residue with reaction temperature and concentrations of MoS 2 dispersed catalysts

(2018) Kang Seok Go et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Asphaltenes diffusion/adsorption through catalyst alumina supports – Influence on catalytic activity

(2018) Bertrand Guichard et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

In Situ Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Crude with CAPRI: Influence of Hydrogen on Catalyst Pore Plugging and Deactivation due to Coke

(2018) Abarasi Hart et al.   Energies

Composition and Transformation of Sulfur-, Oxygen-, and Nitrogen-Containing Compounds in the Hydrotreating Process of a Low-Temperature Coal Tar

(2018) Hongxing Ni et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Morphological and Structural Properties of MoS2 and MoS2-Amorphous Silica-Alumina Dispersed Catalysts for Slurry-Phase Hydroconversion

(2018) Juliana Sánchez et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Hydrotreating Reactivities of Atmospheric Residues and Correlation with Their Composition and Properties

(2018) Qingyan Cui et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Thermal treatment of FCC slurry oil under hydrogen: Correlation of hydrogen transfer ability with carbonization performance of the fractions

(2018) Cunhui Lin et al.   FUEL

Effect of asphaltene dispersion on slurry-phase hydrocracking of heavy residual hydrocarbons

(2018) Tung M. Nguyen et al.   FUEL

Effect of reaction temperature and time on the products and asphaltene dispersion stability in slurry-phase hydrocracking of vacuum residue

(2018) Suk Hyun Lim et al.   FUEL

NiFe nanocatalysts for the hydrocracking heavy crude oil

(2018) M. Lam-Maldonado et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Advances in Asphaltene Petroleomics. Part 3. Dominance of Island or Archipelago Structural Motif Is Sample Dependent

(2018) Martha L. Chacón-Patiño et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Hydroprocessing of heavy residual oil: Opportunities and challenges

(2018) A. Marafi et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Investigation on composition and structure of asphaltenes during low-temperature coal tar hydrotreatment under various reaction pressures

(2018) Ruitian Shao et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Active phase of dispersed MoS2 catalysts for slurry phase hydrocracking of vacuum residue

(2018) Ki-Duk Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Designing supported NiMoS2 catalysts for hydrocracking of vacuum residue

(2018) Han-Beyol Park et al.   FUEL

Effect of Metal Loading in NiMo/Al2O3 Catalysts on Maya Vacuum Residue Hydrocracking

(2017) Holda Purón et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Slurry-Phase Hydrocracking of Residue with Ultradispersed MoS2 Catalysts Prepared by Microemulsion Methods

(2017) R. Prajapati et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Size Distributions of Sulfur, Vanadium, and Nickel Compounds in Crude Oils, Residues, and Their Saturate, Aromatic, Resin, and Asphaltene Fractions Determined by Gel Permeation Chromatography Inductively Coupled Plasma High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

(2017) German Gascon et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Batch Reactor Study of the Effect of Aromatic Diluents to Reduce Sediment Formation during Hydrotreating of Heavy Oil

(2017) Alexis Tirado et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Reactivity and Structure Changes of Coal Tar Asphaltene during Slurry-Phase Hydrocracking

(2017) Juntao Du et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Investigation on Asphaltenes Structures during Low Temperature Coal Tar Hydrotreatment under Various Reaction Temperatures

(2017) Liangjun Pei et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

NMR Characterization of Asphaltene Derived from Residual Oils and Their Thermal Decomposition

(2017) Faisal S. AlHumaidan et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Asphaltene Characterization during Hydroprocessing by Ultrahigh-Resolution Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

(2017) Estrella Rogel et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Advances in Asphaltene Petroleomics. Part 2: Selective Separation Method That Reveals Fractions Enriched in Island and Archipelago Structural Motifs by Mass Spectrometry

(2017) Martha L. Chacón-Patiño et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Advances in Asphaltene Petroleomics. Part 1: Asphaltenes Are Composed of Abundant Island and Archipelago Structural Motifs

(2017) Martha L. Chacón-Patiño et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Hydroprocessing of Low-Temperature Coal Tar for the Production of Clean Fuel over Fluorinated NiW/Al2O3–SiO2 Catalyst

(2017) Wengang Cui et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Kinetic study on the nonisothermal pyrolysis of oil sand bitumen and its maltene and asphaltene fractions

(2017) Sangcheol Shin et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Colloidal nanoparticle size control: experimental and kinetic modeling investigation of the ligand–metal binding role in controlling the nucleation and growth kinetics

(2017) Saeed Mozaffari et al.   Nanoscale

Determination of Asphaltene Critical Nanoaggregate Concentration Region Using Ultrasound Velocity Measurements

(2017) Aleksandra Svalova et al.   Scientific Reports

Exploratory Study for the Mechanism of Surfactant Restraining the Coke on the Surface of the Reactor in Residue Slurry Phase Hydrocracking

(2016) Min Cui et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Single-Core PAHs in Petroleum- and Coal-Derived Asphaltenes: Size and Distribution from Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and Optical Absorption Measurements

(2016) R. Dutta Majumdar et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Different Mechanisms of Coke Precursor Formation in Thermal Conversion and Deep Hydroprocessing of Vacuum Residue

(2016) Wei Wang et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Electron Microscopy Characterization of Crystalline Nanostructures Present in Asphaltene

(2016) J. Arenas-Alatorre et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Effects of Iron(III) Dodecylbenzenesulfonate on the Slurry-Phase Hydrocracking of Venezuela Fuel Oil with an Oil-Soluble Mo Catalyst

(2016) Chuan Li et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Use of Hydrogen Donors for Partial Upgrading of Heavy Petroleum

(2016) Laura O. Alemán-Vázquez et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Regular solution based approach to modeling asphaltene precipitation from native and reacted oils: Part 1, molecular weight, density, and solubility parameter distributions of asphaltenes

(2016) D.P. Powers et al.   FUEL

Hydrocracking of vacuum residue using NiWS( x ) dispersed catalysts

(2016) Young Gul Hur et al.   FUEL

Upgrading of vacuum residue in batch type reactor using Ni–Mo supported on goethite catalyst

(2016) Ramakanta Sahu et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

A review on the oil-soluble dispersed catalyst for slurry-phase hydrocracking of heavy oil

(2016) Manh Tung Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Kinetics and mechanisms of the catalytic thermal cracking of asphaltenes adsorbed on supported nanoparticles

(2016) Tatiana Montoya et al.   Petroleum Science

Acid treated carbon nanofibers as catalytic support for heavy oil hydroprocessing

(2015) H. Purón et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Preparation of NiMoS nanoparticles for hydrotreating

(2015) Carlos E. Scott et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Reverse Microemulsion Synthesis and Characterization of Nano Nickel Sulfide Catalyst for Residue Slurry-Phase Hydrocracking

(2015) Dong Liu et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Effect of Sodium Dodecyl Benzenesulfonate on the Coke Formation during Slurry-Bed Hydrocracking of an Atmospheric Residue from Karamay

(2015) Chuan Li et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Role of Hydrogen Pressure in Slurry-Phase Hydrocracking of Venezuela Heavy Oil

(2015) Hui Du et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Tracing the Compositional Changes of Asphaltenes after Hydroconversion and Thermal Cracking Processes by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

(2015) Martha L. Chacón-Patiño et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Effect of Asphaltene Aggregation on Rheological Properties of Diluted Athabasca Bitumen

(2015) S. Mozaffari et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Effect of cyclohexane as hydrogen-donor in ultradispersed catalytic upgrading of heavy oil

(2015) Abarasi Hart et al.   FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Unraveling the Molecular Structures of Asphaltenes by Atomic Force Microscopy

(2015) Bruno Schuler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Comparing kinetics and mechanism of adsorption and thermo-oxidative decomposition of Athabasca asphaltenes onto TiO2, ZrO2, and CeO2 nanoparticles

(2014) Nashaat N. Nassar et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Hydrocracking of extra-heavy oil using Cs-exchanged phosphotungstic acid (CsxH3−xPW12O40, x=1–3) catalysts

(2014) Hee-Jun Eom et al.   FUEL

Hydrocracking of vacuum residue into lighter fuel oils using nanosheet-structured WS 2 catalyst

(2014) Young Gul Hur et al.   FUEL

Highly Active Nonpromoted Hydrotreating Catalysts through the Controlled Growth of a Supported Hexagonal WS2 Phase

(2014) Thibault Alphazan et al.   ACS Catalysis

Carbon and metal deposition during the hydroprocessing of Maya crude oil

(2013) Mohan S. Rana et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Modeling the deactivation by metal deposition of heavy oil hydrotreating catalyst

(2013) Ignacio Elizalde et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

A review of experimental procedures for heavy oil hydrocracking with dispersed catalyst

(2013) M.J. Angeles et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Sulfur Chemistry of Asphaltenes from a Highly Compositionally Graded Oil Column

(2013) Andrew E. Pomerantz et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Sediment Formation in Residue Hydroconversion Processes and Its Correlation to Asphaltene Behavior

(2013) Estrella Rogel et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Molecular Weight and Density Distributions of Asphaltenes from Crude Oils

(2013) D. M. Barrera et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Hydrocracking of Heavy Oil by Means of In Situ Prepared Ultradispersed Nickel Nanocatalyst

(2013) Salman Alkhaldi et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Hydrocracking of Maya Vacuum Residue with NiMo Catalysts Supported on Mesoporous Alumina and Silica–Alumina

(2013) Holda Purón et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

The Fractal Aggregation of Asphaltenes

(2013) Michael P. Hoepfner et al.   LANGMUIR

NON-ISOTHERMAL KINETICS OF THE PYROLYSIS OF WHOLE OIL AND ITS ASPHALTENE DERIVED FROM FOSTERTON OIL

(2012) Pulikesi Murugan et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COMMUNICATIONS

A comparative activity study of a new ultra-dispersed catalyst system for a hydrocracking/hydrotreating technology using vacuum residue oil: Merey/Mesa

(2012) Gladys Noguera et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN

Controlling Sediments in the Ebullated Bed Hydrocracking Process

(2012) F. Ortega García et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

The Effect of Inhibitors on Asphaltene Precipitation in Crude Oil Using the Viscometric Method

(2012) M. M. Shadman et al.   Energy Sources Part A-Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects

Effect of different heavy feedstocks on the deactivation of a commercial hydrotreating catalyst

(2012) Guillermo Centeno et al.   FUEL

Heavy oil upgrading at moderate pressure using dispersed catalysts: Effects of temperature, pressure and catalytic precursor

(2012) Hugo Ortiz-Moreno et al.   FUEL

Visbreaking: A technology of the past and the future

(2012) J.G. Speight   Scientia Iranica

Study of the role of the catalyst and operating conditions on the sediments formation during deep hydroconversion of vacuum residue

(2011) Charles Marchal et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Preparation and Application of an Oil-Soluble CoMo Bimetallic Catalyst for the Hydrocracking of Oil Sands Bitumen

(2011) Sang Goo Jeon et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Stability Change of Asphaltene in the Residue during Slurry-Phase Hydrocracking

(2011) Wenan Deng et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Supramolecular Assembly Model for Aggregation of Petroleum Asphaltenes

(2011) Murray R. Gray et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Early stage deactivation of heavy crude oil hydroprocessing catalysts

(2011) S.K. Maity et al.   FUEL

Hydrodesulfurization and hydrocracking of Maya crude with P-modified NiMo/Al2O3 catalysts

(2011) Patricia Rayo et al.   FUEL

Kinetics of asphaltene thermal cracking and catalytic hydrocracking

(2011) Yingxian Zhao et al.   FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY

Insight into Asphaltene Nanoaggregate Structure Inferred by Small Angle Neutron and X-ray Scattering

(2011) Joëlle Eyssautier et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Kinetics and Selectivity of Asphaltene Thermal Cracking, Thermal Hydrocracking, and Catalytic Hydrocracking

(2011) S. Zhang et al.   PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ICTAC Kinetics Committee recommendations for performing kinetic computations on thermal analysis data

(2011) Sergey Vyazovkin et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

Characterization of Heteroatom Compounds in a Crude Oil and Its Saturates, Aromatics, Resins, and Asphaltenes (SARA) and Non-basic Nitrogen Fractions Analyzed by Negative-Ion Electrospray Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

(2010) Quan Shi et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

The Modified Yen Model†

(2010) Oliver C. Mullins   ENERGY & FUELS

Thermogravimetric determination of coke from asphaltenes, resins and sediments and coking kinetics of heavy crude asphaltenes

(2009) Fernando Trejo et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Characterization of asphaltenes precipitated with three light alkanes under different experimental conditions

(2009) Peng Luo et al.   FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA

Effect of sulfidation atmosphere on the hydrodesulfurization activity of SiO2-supported Co–Mo sulfide catalysts: Local structure and intrinsic activity of the active sites

(2009) Yasuaki Okamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Asphaltene Adsorption Mechanisms on the Local Scale Probed by Neutron Reflectivity: Transition from Monolayer to Multilayer Growth above the Flocculation Threshold†

(2009) Nicolas Jouault et al.   LANGMUIR

Molecular Weight Determination of Asphaltenes from Colombian Crudes by Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) and Vapor Pressure Osmometry (VPO)

(2009) A. Guzman et al.   PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NiMo supported acidic catalysts for heavy oil hydroprocessing

(2008) Carolina Leyva et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Slurry-phase Residue Hydrocracking with Dispersed Nickel Catalyst

(2008) Zhang Shuyi et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Solution Properties of Asphaltenes

(2008) Loïc Barré et al.   LANGMUIR

Studies on the evolution of asphaltene structure during hydroconversion of petroleum residues

(2007) T GAUTHIER et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

CoMo/MgO–Al2O3 supported catalysts: An alternative approach to prepare HDS catalysts

(2007) F TREJO et al.   CATALYSIS TODAY

Thermogravimetric Analysis Studies on the Thermal Stability of Asphaltenes: Pyrolysis Behavior of Heavy Oil Asphaltenes

(2007) Andreʼ Hauser et al.   ENERGY & FUELS