Condensed-Phase Pyrolysis of n-Tetradecane at Elevated Pressures for Long Duration.Product Distribution and Reaction Mechanisms

Retardation of oil cracking to gas and pressure induced combination reactions to account for viscous oil in deep petroleum basins: Evidence from oil and n-hexadecane pyrolysis at water pressures up to 900 bar

“…Fabuss et al, 1964;Ford, 1986;Dominé, 1989;Khorasheh and Gray, 1993a;1993b;Song et al, 1994;Jackson et al, 1995;Behar and Vandenbroucke, 1996). The thermal cracking of aliphatic hydrocarbons involves their conversion into lower molecular weight alkanes and alkenes, and with minor yields of aromatic compounds (Rice, 1931;1933;Voge and Good, 1949;Ford, 1986;Zhou et al, 1987;Bounaceur et al, 2002a) together with branched alkanes of higher molecular weight than the starting alkane.…”

Thermal rate constants of the pyrolysis of n-Heptane

“…Voge and Good [8] studied atmospheric as well as high pressure pyrolysis of n-hexadecane at 773 K. Fabuss et al [9] investigated the thermal decomposition of the pure n-hexadecane in the temperature range of 866-977 K and pressure range of 1.48-6.99 MPa. Song et al [10] investigated the condensed-phase pyrolysis of n-tetradecane at elevated pressures. Yu and Eser [11] studied the near-critical and super-critical phase thermal decomposition of C10-C14 normal alkanes at temperatures from 673 to 723 K and pressures from 1 to 10 MPa (initial pressure).…”

High pressure pyrolysis of n-heptane

“…Pyrolysis of several hydrocarbons such as n-hexadecane [26][27][28][29][30][31][32], decalin [28], C 21 -C 27 paraffins [30], dodecane [33], C 9 -C 22 alkanes [34], and pristane, phytane and squalane [35] have been investigated at high pressures. Song et al [36] investigated the condensed-phase pyrolysis of n-tetradecane at elevated pressures. The major products at low conversion were n-alkanes in the carbon number range of C 1 -C 11 and 1-alkenes in the carbon number range of C 2 -C 12 .…”