Upgrading of bitumen with formic acid in supercritical water

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 232-240

  Sato, Takafumi ^a   Mori, Shota ^a   Watanabe, Masaru ^b   Sasaki, Mitsuru ^c   Itoh, Naotsugu ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Formic acid; Heavy oil; Hydrogenation; Supercritical water; Water gas shift reaction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SPECIES; BITUMEN; COKE FORMATION; HEAVY OIL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE REGIONS; REACTION MODEL; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; TETRALINS; WATER GAS SHIFT REACTION; WATER/OIL RATIOS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ASPHALTENES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL SHIFT; COKE; FORMIC ACID; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROGENATION; PYROLYSIS; TOLUENE;

HEAVY WATER;

EID: 78049246243     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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