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Fall 2019
During thermal cracking of bitumen, olefins are formed via free radical reactions and are mainly concentrated in the naphtha and distillate cut of the upgraded bitumen. Olefins are undesirable in the upgraded bitumen product because they are associated with equipment fouling. As a result, these...
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Fall 2019
Thermal cracking of heavy oils is important industrially in processes such as visbreaking, coking and residue hydroconversion. In these processes, residue conversion is limited by formation of heavy products. Heavy product formation also contributes to industrially relevant problems such as...