EVALUATION OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF ASPHALTENES FROM THREE OFFSHORE BRAZILIAN BIODEGRADED HEAVY OILS
AUTOR(ES)
Severino, Hemmely Guilhermond de Souza; Pinto, Christiane Béatrice Duyck; Spigolon, André Luiz Durante; Mello, Carlos Siqueira Bandeira de; Silva, Tais Freitas da; Leal, Kátia Zaccur
FONTE
Quím. Nova
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2021-04
RESUMO
Asphaltenes fractions were extracted and purified from three heavy Brazilian oils. Their mass compositions of C, H, N, Ni and V were obtained from elemental analysis and S and O atomic percentages from EDS. The H/C ratios showed high degree of unsaturation, while the O atomic percentages indicated more pronounced biodegradation effects on two samples. Quantitative data on N, Ni, and V and semi-quantitative data on S were related to oils origins. The structural data of asphaltenes were explored by combining Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR). The oil with the lower degree of biodegradation contained asphaltenes with a lower level of condensed aromatic rings and longer aliphatic chain substituents. The asphaltenes obtained from the two most biodegraded oils showed similarities of polar groups and the presence of carboxylic functions, as well as lower contents of aliphatic substituents. The quality and quantity of occluded hydrocarbons were assessed after the mild oxidation of the separated asphaltenes fractions. It was suggested that the severe biodegradation which altered these structures may also be responsible to affect their occluded hydrocarbons.
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