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Date of Publication:2016-01-01

Journal:International Conference on Coal Science and Technology (ICC and T) / Australia-China Symposium on Energy (ACSE)

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、CPCI-S、Scopus

Volume:155

Issue:,SI

Page Number:216-224

ISSN No.:0378-3820

Key Words:Oil sand; Pyrolysis; Calcium oxide; Pyrolysis kinetics; Bitumen upgrading

Abstract:The influence of abundant calcium oxide (CaO) addition on oil sand pyrolysis was firstly studied by thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and in a fixed bed reactor. CaO additives calcined from analytically pure CaCO3 (named A) and oil sand minerals (named B) were compared with the addition ratio at 1:1 (oil sand:Ca, mass ratio). Observed by TGA, abundant addition of CaO would inhibit the devolatilizing during oil-producing stage (150-600 degrees C). However, higher temperature appeared to weaken the inhibition effects. Comparison of pyrolysis in the fixed bed reactor was at 480 degrees C, 140 mL/min pure N-2 carrier gas, 0.1 MPa for 40 min. When pyrolyzed with abundant CaO, the gas yields (including H2S and COS) decreased which met the result of TG/MS analysis. Tiny differences were found on tar yields which achieved around 88% of raw bitumen. But through column chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis, the proportion of aliphatic fraction increased, interestingly observing more alkanes with long carbon chain and less olefins. The proportion of aromatic fraction decreased by about 10 wt%, but the relative amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) got an obvious increase when pyrolyzed oil sand with abundant CaO. As expected, acidic compounds in resin (e.g. phenols and carboxylic acids) were significantly reduced. In general, it was both physically and catalytically that abundant addition of CaO influence on oil sand pyrolysis. But no evident differences between additive A and additive B were found on yields and product compositions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.