Global Chemical Kinetics of Fossil Fuels
How to Model Maturation and Pyrolysis
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Alan K. Burnham
Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)
Geochemistry
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Introduction to Chemical Kinetics
After introducing the basis of the Arrhenius equation and its relationship to transition-state theory , forms of global chemical kinetic models are summarized, including shrinking core and pseudo nth-order reacti...
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Pyrolysis in Open Systems
Methods are reviewed for how to measure pyrolysis kinetics under atmospheric or lower pressure. The effects of heat and mass transfer on apparent chemical reaction rates are discussed, including limits for hea...
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Pyrolysis in Closed Systems
The reactions of coal and sapropelic kerogen in a closed system are reviewed. A range of chemical kinetic models that include primary and secondary reactions are described, including compositional models of ....
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Classification and Characterization
The main types of sedimentary organic matter are described, including how they transform from one form to another during progressive burial in the subsurface and how they have been categorized over the past ce...
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Structures of Coal, Kerogen, and Asphaltenes
Hypothetical molecular structures of humic coal, sapropelic kerogens, and asphaltenes are described, including how they change with maturity and how they have been refined over the past 75 years with advances ...
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Pyrolysis in Semi-Open Systems
Effects of pressure on product transport and enhanced secondary reactions are described, including simple ways of modeling them and the beneficial effect of H2. Fractionation of molecular types during vaporizati...
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Applications to Fossil Fuel Processes
The use of global chemical kinetics to model petroleum formation and primary migration, oil shale , coal , and coal is described. The history of reasonable prediction of petroleum generation is reviewed, i...
