Global immature and low-maturity shale resources are enormous and have a significant
potential for future energy substitution. However, the utilization of these resources faces …

Demand for light hydrocarbons has been steadily increasing in the market with a
corresponding decrease in heavy hydrocarbon demand. Therefore, there is a need to …

While strides are being made in the research and development of environmentally
acceptable and more sustainable alternative fuels—including efforts to reduce emissions of …

In the past, transportation of heavy and bitumen to downstream refineries has been
accomplished by either adding a diluent or converting the vacuum residue to produce a …

Heavy oil (Canada oil sand bitumen) upgrading in high density water (100 and 200kg/m3) at
723K was performed by a batch reactor. Yields of asphaltene, maltene, and coke were …

We report herein on the catalytic upgrading of crude oil, produced from the hydrothermal
liquefaction of Chlorella pyrenoidosa over platinum on gamma alumina (Pt/γ-Al2O3) in …

Fast pyrolysis of hydrolysis lignin was studied in fluidized bed units. Hydrolysis lignin, a
bioproduct from the lignocellulosic ethanol production process (St1 Cellunolix), was …

This study aims to report on the feasibility of enhancing light olefins production from ex-situ
catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) of biomass by co-feeding with steam and determine the role of …

Catalytic steam cracking (CSC) of Tatar heavy oil has been studied using nanodispersed
catalysts forming in situ based on K, Fe, Ni, Mo as well as several Mo-based catalysts …

Upgrading bitumen by converting asphaltene to maltene whilst suppressing coke formation
is desirable though technically difficult. Mass transfer behavior under sub-and super critical …