Thermal simulation experiments of saturated hydrocarbons with calcium sulfate and element sulfur: Implications on origin of H2S

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1550-1558

  Chen, TengShui ^a,b   He, Qin ^a   Lu, Hong ^a   Peng, PingAn ^a   Liu, JinZhong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium sulfate; Gaseous hydrocarbon yields; H2S; Sulfur; Sulfur radical; TSR

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUPS; C-H BOND; CALCIUM SULFATE; GASEOUS HYDROCARBON; GASEOUS HYDROCARBON YIELDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBON SYSTEMS; LOW TEMPERATURES; REACTION MECHANISM; SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFUR RADICALS; THERMAL SIMULATIONS; VARIATION ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; PYROLYSIS; SULFUR;

HYDROCARBONS;

CALCIUM; CATALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PYROLYSIS; SIMULATION; SULFATE; SULFUR; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 76249091813     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0126-8     Document Type: Article

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