Asphaltene Adsorption onto Alumina Nanoparticles: Kinetics and Thermodynamic Studies

• Published in: Energy & fuels Vol. 24; no. 8; pp. 4116 - 4122
• Main Author: Nassar, Nashaat N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 19.08.2010
• Subjects: Catalysis and Kinetics

Asphaltene adsorption onto nanoparticles is an attractive subject for the heavy oil industry for two important reasons. First, nanoparticles would remove asphaltenes from the heavy oil rapidly and thus making the remaining fraction of oil transportable for conventional processing. Second, nanopartic...