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The influence of the amount of asphaltenes on the yield of distillate fractions in a cracking process and on the structural transformations of asphaltenes under thermal treatment was studied. Model mixtures with asphaltene concentrations of 0, 8, 12, and 16% were the test materials. Cracking was carried out in autoclave reactors at a temperature of 450°C for 2 h. It was found that, in the thermal cracking of mixtures with different amounts of asphaltenes, the yield of distillate fractions IBP-360°C increased with the asphaltene content. A maximum yield of these products was achieved upon the cracking of a model mixture with 8% asphaltenes; it increases by a factor of 1.7, as compared to that in the initial mixture. Secondary asphaltenes decreased in size and became more aromatic with much fewer alkyl substituents.
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This study was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and carried out within the framework of a state contract at the Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Pevneva, G.S., Voronetskaya, N.G. & Sviridenko, N.N. Structural Changes in Asphaltenes upon the Cracking of Asphaltene–Maltene Model Mixtures:. Solid Fuel Chem. 56, 123–127 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0361521922020082
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