Simulation Experiments and Kinetics for the Formation of Organic Sulfide in Marine Carbonate Reservoirs

Changtao Yue, Shuyuan Li, Yonghan Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ojg.2012.22007                

Abstract

Thermal simulation experiments on the system of gasoline and magnesium sulfate were carried out using an autoclave operating at high temperature and high pressure in the presence of water. Properties of the gas-oil-solid 3-phase products were analyzed by some advanced analytical methods including gas chromatography, microcoulometry, capillary gas chromatography in combination with a pulsed flame photometric detector, FT-IR and X-ray diffraction. The results showed that the reaction could proceed at 450℃ - 550℃ to produce MgO, S, C, H₂S, CO₂ and a series of organic sulfides such as mercaptans, sulfoethers and thiophenes as the main products. According to the reaction kinetics, the calculated activation energy of the reaction is 68.9 kJ·mol^-1.

Keywords

Organic Sulfide; Gasoline; Magnesium Sulfate; Simulation Experiment; Kinetics

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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