Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils, Vol.41, No.5, 341-356, 2005
Initiation of visbreaking of atmospheric resid with an active electron beam
Comprehensive studies of the effect of the dose characteristics of an active electron beam on conversion of the components of ozonized and straight-run atmospheric resid were conducted for the first time. It was shown that preliminary ozonation totally alters the mechanism and paths of radiolysis reactions. The structure of the heavy crude oil feedstock changed and the concentration of vanadylporphyrins decreased by 1.3 times.