Advanced studies of catalytic upgrading of heavy oils

Heavy oil and bitumen are known to constitute high-boiling molecules which gives them characteristic high viscosity, high density/low API gravity, low yields of fuel distillates, and high heteroatom content compared to light oil. Upgrading therefore refers to the breaking down of heavy oil into oil...

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Main Author: Hart, Abarasi
Published: University of Birmingham 2014
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.619374