Fractionation of Diesel Fuel from Petroleum and Paraho Shale Oils.
Abstract
A fractionation scheme has been developed to separate diesel fuels into neutral water solubles, acidic components, basic components, saturated hydrocarbons, substituted benzenes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polar neutrals. A sample of conventional petroleum diesel fuel and a sample of diesel fuel derived from Paraho crude shale oil by the Gary-Western process were fractionated by this procedure. Each fraction was further analyzed by gas chromatography and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The petroleum sample was found to contain 17.5% total aromatics of which 9.5% were polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons compounds. However, the Paraho-Gray Western shale oil fuel contained about twice as much total aromatics (38.2%) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons compounds (19.3%). The total acyclic hydrocarbon straight chain compounds content was 66.7% for the petroleum sample and 59,3% for the Paraho-Gary Western shale sample. Suggestions for further work are also made. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA107042
Entities
People
- Charles F. Hammer
Organizations
- Georgetown University