Catalytic Low-Temperature Thermolysis of Heavy Oil in the Presence of Fullerene C60 Nanoparticles in Aquatic and N2 Medium

Catalytic thermolysis is considered to be an effective process for viscosity reduction, the conversion of high-molecular components oil (resins and asphaltenes) into light hydrocarbons, desulfurization hydrocarbons. In this paper, we conducted non-catalytic catalytic a heavy sample isolated from Ashalcha field (Tatarstan, Russia) at temperature 250 °C. Fullerene C60 nanoparticles were applied promote selective low-temperature thermolytic reactions in oil, which increase depth upgrading enhance flow behavior viscous crude oil. addition, influence water content on performance was evaluated. It found that contributes cracking such as resins asphaltenes. The destruction products lead improvement group fractional results experiments showed asphaltenes after aquatic presence fullerene reduced by 35% contrast initial sample. destructive hydrogenation processes resulted irreversible reduction 3110 mPa.s 2081 measured 20 Thus, feasibility using additive order yield fractions reduce confirmed.