Plasma-chemical pyrolysis of a mixture of fuel oil and methyl tert-butyl ether

• Published in: E3S web of conferences 2024-01, Vol.524, p.3013
• Main Authors: Bodrikov, I.V., Shirokov, D.A., Udalov, A.A., Bodrikova, E.R., Titov, E.Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2267-1242; 2267-1242
• DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202452403013

NTP-pyrolysis of heavy petroleum products is a difficult task due to high viscosity, low hydrogen-to-carbon ratio and tendency to polycondensation with formation of high-molecular products. The use of oxygen-containing compounds for NTP-pyrolysis can reduce the yield of polycondensation products due to internal oxygen. In the present work, NTP pyrolysis of fuel oil in the presence of oxygen-containing additive (methyl tert-butyl ether) was carried out at a current source voltage of 700V. The influence of the content of the doping component in the range of 5-15 wt% on conversion, energy consumption and product composition was investigated. At increase in the content of methyl-tert-butyl ether up to 15 wt% in fuel oil the energy consumption decreases and the yield of gaseous products increases from 21.7 to 47.9 wt%. Carrying out NTP-pyrolysis process in the presence of oxygen-containing additive leads to an increase in the depth of processing of heavy fractions.