Separation and characterization of asphaltenic subfractions

AUTOR(ES)

Honse, Siller O., Ferreira, Silas R., Mansur, Claudia R. E., Lucas, Elizabete F., González, Gaspar

FONTE

Quím. Nova

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

The structure of the various asphaltenic subfractions found in crude oil was evaluated. For this purpose, C5 asphaltenes were extracted from an asphaltic residue using n-pentane as the flocculant solvent. The different subfractions were isolated from the C5 asphaltenes by the difference in solubility in different solvents. These were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray fluorescence, elementary analysis and mass spectrometry. The results confirmed that the subfractions extracted with higher alkanes had greater aromaticity and molar mass. However, small solubility variations between the subfractions were attributed mainly to the variation in the concentrations of cyclical hydrocarbon compounds and metals.

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