9 Non-combustion applications of petroleum chemistry
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J. R. Radović
Abstract
Global efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and limit the associated climate change effects are profoundly transforming our energy system, and likely reducing future markets for petroleum-derived combustibles. On the other hand, the chemical energy stored in petroleum, and the diversity of elements and molecules that it contains, present an opportunity for research and technology development routes to promote novel product streams from petroleum resources, thus extending its economic utility. Some of the innovative, non-combustion applications of petroleum that have been discussed and researched in recent years include clean energy in the form of hydrogen or electricity, sulfur- or carbon-based polymers, and materials for energy storage systems, to name a few. This chapter showcases a selection of future-looking, petroleum- derived product streams, while providing a critical perspective on their feasibility and scalability.
Abstract
Global efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and limit the associated climate change effects are profoundly transforming our energy system, and likely reducing future markets for petroleum-derived combustibles. On the other hand, the chemical energy stored in petroleum, and the diversity of elements and molecules that it contains, present an opportunity for research and technology development routes to promote novel product streams from petroleum resources, thus extending its economic utility. Some of the innovative, non-combustion applications of petroleum that have been discussed and researched in recent years include clean energy in the form of hydrogen or electricity, sulfur- or carbon-based polymers, and materials for energy storage systems, to name a few. This chapter showcases a selection of future-looking, petroleum- derived product streams, while providing a critical perspective on their feasibility and scalability.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- About the Editor V
- Preface VII
- Contents IX
- 1 Introduction to oil chemistry 1
- 2 Chemical fingerprints and chromatographic analysis of crude oils and petroleum products 47
- 3 Advances in Fourier transform mass spectrometry forensic tools for naphthenic acid fraction compounds in oil sand environmental samples and crude oil 127
- 4 Heavy oil resin composition and their influence on asphaltene stability 177
- 5 Asphaltenes: structures and applications 203
- 6 Asphaltene equation of state and oilfield reservoirs 307
- 7 Molecular distributions and geochemical implications of pyrrolic nitrogen compounds in crude oils 361
- 8 Analysis of petroleum-related samples by soft ionization/high-resolution mass spectrometry 383
- 9 Non-combustion applications of petroleum chemistry 423
- 10 Biomarkers in crude oils 449
- 11 Photooxidation of crude oil: formation, characterization, and fate of oil photoproducts in the environment 519
- 12 Molecular structure characterization of crude oil and its products by mass spectrometry 547
- 13 The distillation precipitation fractionation mass spectrometry (DPF-MS) method for molecular profiling of crude oil 619
- 14 Hyphenated gas chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques for the analysis of crude oil and petroleum products 643
- List of contributing authors 679
- Index 683
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- About the Editor V
- Preface VII
- Contents IX
- 1 Introduction to oil chemistry 1
- 2 Chemical fingerprints and chromatographic analysis of crude oils and petroleum products 47
- 3 Advances in Fourier transform mass spectrometry forensic tools for naphthenic acid fraction compounds in oil sand environmental samples and crude oil 127
- 4 Heavy oil resin composition and their influence on asphaltene stability 177
- 5 Asphaltenes: structures and applications 203
- 6 Asphaltene equation of state and oilfield reservoirs 307
- 7 Molecular distributions and geochemical implications of pyrrolic nitrogen compounds in crude oils 361
- 8 Analysis of petroleum-related samples by soft ionization/high-resolution mass spectrometry 383
- 9 Non-combustion applications of petroleum chemistry 423
- 10 Biomarkers in crude oils 449
- 11 Photooxidation of crude oil: formation, characterization, and fate of oil photoproducts in the environment 519
- 12 Molecular structure characterization of crude oil and its products by mass spectrometry 547
- 13 The distillation precipitation fractionation mass spectrometry (DPF-MS) method for molecular profiling of crude oil 619
- 14 Hyphenated gas chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques for the analysis of crude oil and petroleum products 643
- List of contributing authors 679
- Index 683
