RESEARCH ARTICLE


Comparison of Structural Properties of Pitches Prepared from Petroleum Refinery/Petrochemical Residues using NMR Spectroscopy



Manoj Srivastava*, Manoj Kumar, U. C. Agrawal, M. O. Garg
CSIR - Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248 005, India

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Year: 2012
Volume: 5
First Page: 14
Last Page: 20
Publisher Id: TOPEJ-5-14
DOI: 10.2174/1874834101205010014

Article History:

Received Date: 23/12/2011
Revision Received Date: 5/4/2012
Acceptance Date: 10/4/2012
Electronic publication date: 04/5/2012
Collection year: 2012

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Abstract

Several petroleum pitches have been prepared by thermal treatment of various petroleum-derived residues such as clarified oil, aromatic extract and pyrolysis tars. These pitches were characterized physico-chemically (softening point, coking value, QI, & TI) and instrumentally (NMR) and compared. Attempts have been made to correlate physicochemical properties of petroleum residues and pitches with their NMR structural parameters through regression analysis. Studies on high temperature in-situ 1H NMR analysis of pitches have also been carried out. Structural characterization of petroleum residues and pitches is very useful for screening of petroleum residues and optimization of process variables for tailoring pitch properties for different end-use applications.

Keywords: Petroleum pitch, petroleum residues, mesophase, NMR.