Catalytic Cracking Reaction of Heavy Oil in the Presence of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles in Supercritical Water

Catalytic cracking of Canadian oil sand bitumen in supercritical water was performed to clarify the effect of CeO2 nanoparticles. The cracking was performed at 723 K to promote a redox reaction between the water, bitumen, and catalyst for the production of hydrogen and oxygen. As the catalyst, CeO2 with two different morphologies was employed because the redox reaction of CeO2 with water and organics is expected and its activity can be controlled by its structure. In this study, two roles of water were considered as well. Water is attractive as a high potential medium with low dielectric constant and density at near the critical point (374 °C, 22.1 MPa) that allows formation of highly crystalline smaller metal oxides particles. However, the chemical effects of water are investigated with heavy oil catalytic cracking. Transmission electron microscopy images indicated that CeO2 nanoparticles with cubic and octahedral shape were synthesized using a plug-flow reactor under hydrothermal conditions. The particl...

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