Nine-Lump Kinetic Study of Catalytic Pyrolysis of Gas Oils Derived from Canadian Synthetic Crude Oil

Table 1

Feed properties.

Feed	HGO	LGO	HAGO	HHVGO	HVGO
Density (20°C), g/cm^3	0.9294	0.8782	0.8624	0.9136	0.9586
Carbon residue, wt%	0.14	0.008	0.004	0.007	0.024
Mean molecular weight, g/mol	308	230	260	295	340
Elemental analysis
C, wt%	87.68	87.41	86.07	87.79	85.22
H, wt%	11.87	12.56	13.07	12	11.24
S, µg/g	2700	271	3167	2806	30843
N, µg/g	1800	21.8	174	975	1825
H/C atomic ratio	1.62	1.72	1.82	1.66	1.58
Distillation range
Initial boiling point (IBP), °C	186	123	175	189	171
Final boiling point, °C	583	474	422	546	576
IBP200°C, wt%	0.8	8.4	1.0	1.1	0.6
200~350°C, wt%	25.6	70.9	65.7	42.9	13.5
350~500°C, wt%	65.1	20.7	33.3	53.4	79.1
>500°C, wt%	8.5	0	0	2.6	6.8
Structural group analysis, wt%
Aromatic carbon	24.7	10.9	14.7	22.1	29.0
Naphthenic carbon	30.8	45.1	25.5	35.2	47.0
Paraffinic carbon	44.5	44.0	59.8	42.7	24.0
	3.09	3.37	3.68	3.21	2.95