The catalytic deacidification of acidic crude oil using Cu-doped alkaline earth metal oxide catalysts
Naphthenic acids (NAs) tend to cause operational problems that can lead to the deactivation of catalysts. To overcome the problem, catalytic deacidification was introduced utilizing an ammonia solution in ethylene glycol with the aids of alkaline earth metal catalyst with alumina as a support. The i...
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Taylor and Francis Inc.
2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/77025/ https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029381114&doi=10.1080%2f10916466.2017.1303723&partnerID=40&md5=ae010224673c27febfd4aad76ff74b3b |
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| Summary: | Naphthenic acids (NAs) tend to cause operational problems that can lead to the deactivation of catalysts. To overcome the problem, catalytic deacidification was introduced utilizing an ammonia solution in ethylene glycol with the aids of alkaline earth metal catalyst with alumina as a support. The initial total acid number observed for NAs in n-dodecane was 4.21 mg KOH/g. In total, 1,000 mg/L of 0.4% NH3-EG were used as the acid removal agent. Calcium, barium, and magnesium catalysts were tested in this study. The results showed Cu/Ca/Al2O3 was found to be the best catalyst that could be used to enhance the reaction. |
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