Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
THEORETICAL INSIGHT INTO THE CATALYTIC EFFECT OF TRANSITION METAL IONS ON THE AQUATHERMAL DEGRADATION OF HEAVY OIL: A DFT STUDY OF CYCLOHEXYL PHENYL ETHER CLEAVAGE
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2022
Языканглийский
  • Varfolomeev Mikhail Alekseevich, author
  • Kadkin Oleg Nikolaevich, author
  • Madzhidov Timur Ismailovich, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Khafizov N.R., Madzhidov T.I., Varfolomeev M.A., Yuan C., Kadkin O.N. / Theoretical insight into the catalytic effect of transition metal ions on the aquathermal degradation of heavy oil: A DFT study of cyclohexyl phenyl ether cleavage // Fuel. - 2022. - Vol.311, Iss. March 1. - Art. №122595.
    Annotation The cleavage of etheric C–O bonds in heavy oil oxygenates under conditions of aquathermolysis in the presence of transition metal catalysts has been theoretically studied by the DFT method using cyclohexyl phenyl ether as a model compound. A mechanism of aquathermolysis through the elimination of cyclohexyl carbocation as a rate limiting step and the formation of phenol and cyclopentene as reaction products is considered. The thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of the processes involved in the aquathermolysis of the model compound are computed within the DFT method with use of the B3LYP, ωB97X-D, and M06-2X functionals. According to the theoretical standard rate constants calculated for the rate limiting step on the basis of energy barriers obtained for different catalysts at different temperatures, the transition metals under study can be arranged in the following sequence in line with decreasing catalytic activity: Cu²⁺ > Ni²⁺ > Co²⁺ > Fe²⁺. The results of this theoretical study show that transition metal ions have a potential for using as catalysts for in situ aquathermal treatment of heavy oil.
    Keywords Heavy oil processing, Hydrocarbons, Ethers/sulfides, Catalysis, Homogeneous catalyst, Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Reactive intermediates, Density functional theory
    The name of the journal Fuel
    URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016236121024637
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