New Insight into the Kinetics of Deep Liquid Hydrocarbon Cracking and Its Significance

Table 3

Kinetics parameters for the cracking of individual organic compounds.

Compound	Activation energy (kcal/mol)	Preexponential factor (s^−1)	Reference
n-C14	67.6		[41]
n-C16	59.6		[42]
n-C16	74		[43]
n-C25	68.2		[44]
Tetralin	58		[45]
Dodecylbenzene	53.3		[46]
Pentadeylbenzene	55.5		[47]
Butylbenzene	52.9		[48]
Ethylbenzene	62.3		[49]
3-Methylphenanthrene	49		[50]
Dibenzothiophene	59		[51]