Estudo termoanalitico e cinetico da combustão de oleo pesado / Thermoanalysis and reaction kinetics of heavy oil combustion

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

One of the main challenges in studies on In Situ Combustion resides in developing a kinetic reaction model to represent the dynamics of the numerous chemical reactions that occur at different temperature ranges. The objective of the present research is to develop a study on the oxidation behavior of a crude Brazilian oil and obtain kinetic parameters from the experimental data generated through classical thermal analysis techniques, such as TG, DTA and DSC. Thermal analysis is systematically developed in samples of crude oil and oil mixed with sand, and the experimental data are treated in order to conduct a global kinetic study according to distinct conventional and iso-conversional non-isothermal models, developed using integral or differential methods, all based on Arrhenius s kinetic model. As a result of the thermo-analytical study addressed three oxidation regions have been identified: one at the low temperature (LTO) range, a transition zone and one at the high temperature (HTO) range. It has been verified that the highest variation of mass and energy generation occur at the HTO range. At the LTO range a mass transfer resistance (skin-effect) was evident. As a result of the kinetic study, all kinetic models studied provided higher activation energies in HTO than in LTO. It was noted that the presence of sand contributed to OBT and delayed HTO mode as a result of an increase in skineffect

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combustion petróleo thermal analysis petroleum kinectics combustão analise termica

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