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Effects of in-process hydrogenation on mesophase development during the thermal condensation of petroleum aromatic-rich fraction Ming Li, Yadong Zhang, Shi-Tao Yu, Junwei Ding, Bing Bian, and Dong Liu Energy Fuels, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03908 • Publication Date (Web): 13 Mar 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on March 14, 2018

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Effects of in-process hydrogenation on mesophase

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development during the thermal condensation of

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petroleum aromatic-rich fraction

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Ming Li a, Yadong Zhang a, b, Shitao Yu a, *, Junwei Ding a, Bing Bian a, c, Dong Liu b

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a

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Qingdao, China, 266042

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b

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Qingdao, China, 266580

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c

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College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology,

State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum,

College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of

Science and Technology, Qingdao, China, 266590

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Abstract: In this work, the mesophase pitch was generated from the thermal

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condensation of petroleum aromatic-rich fraction. Tetrahydronaphthalene as hydrogen

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donor was selected to treat the condensation intermediate using the in-process

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hydrogenation method. The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of

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in-process hydrogenation on the formation and development of mesophase structures.

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Results showed that the intermediate after in-process hydrogenation possessed more

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uniform molecular structure and narrower molecular-weight distribution compared to

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the blank intermediate without in-process hydrogenation, which was attributed to the

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increasing content of naphthenic structures in the intermediate. From the

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characterization analysis of carbonized products, it can be found that the in-process

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hydrogenation of condensation intermediate was conducive to the generation of

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mesophase pitch with large domain structure, narrow molecular-weight distribution,

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low softening point and carbon residue. 1

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1. Introduction

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As the by-product of petroleum processing, the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) slurry

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oil is mainly used as fuel, asphalt modifier, rubber softener, or other low value-added

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products, resulting in great waste and environmental pollution

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FCC slurry oil with abundant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is the ideal material

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to prepared mesophase pitch which is widely recognized as excellent precursor of

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high quality carbon materials

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performance of petroleum-based mesophase pitch on the preparation of various

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carbon materials

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mesophase pitch is the hotspot and focus in the fields of carbon materials and

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petroleum processing.

[4-7]

[1]

. Theoretically, the

[2, 3]

. Many researches have confirmed the outstanding

. Therefore, the study on preparation of petroleum-based

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As previously reported, the influences of molecular structures of feedstock on

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optical texture and rheological property of mesophase pitch have been studied widely

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[8-10]

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method to improve the properties of mesophase pitch

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discussed the relationships between structure compositions of petroleum pitches and

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optical textures of cokes. The structural composition of pitches is proved to be the

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determining factor for the improvement of products’ optical textures. Miyake et al. [13]

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have tried to monitor the effects of alkyl structures on the development of anisotropic

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structures by introducing naphthenic groups via hydrogenation of mesophase pitch

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precursor. They have found that the optical texture and anisotropic contents varied

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depending on the number and steric size of alkyl groups in mesophase pitch

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precursors. After studying the formation of mesophase pitch prepared by coal tar pitch

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with tetrahydroquinoline as hydrogen donor, Yamada [14] and Oyabu [15] suggested that

. The hydrogenation of raw materials or mesophase precursors was quite effective [11-13]

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have

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the softening point of carbonized product decreased, while the alkyl structures

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increased after the hydrogenation of feedstock.

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Additionally, a series of studies on pyrolysis of petroleum fraction with different

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properties have shown that the molecular-weight distribution (MWD) of petroleum

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fraction was mainly responsible for the changes in optical texture and microcrystal

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structure of mesophase pitch [16-19]. Torregrosa-Rodrı́guez et al. [18] has investigated the

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roles of petroleum pitches with different MWD played on the solubility and optical

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textures of resultant cokes. They noted that the pitch with narrow MWD was easy to

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generate a mesophase pitch with good rheological property and large domain structure.

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Sparvoli et al.

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petroleum pitch on the development of mesophase structure.

[19]

have also emphasized the significant influences of MWD of

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These studies have reduced the chemical complexity of feedstock and confirmed

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the importance influences of molecular structure and MWD of feedstock on the

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properties of mesophase pitch. However, the regulation and control of structural

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composition of intermediate products during the formative process of mesophase

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structure has not been studied up to now. Given the above, the method of in-process

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hydrogenation was used to regulate the molecular structure and MWD of intermediate

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for obtaining high quality mesophase pitch in this work. The in-process hydrogenation

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with hydrogen donor was generally used in the field of heavy oil visbreaking process.

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However, there was no related research reporting that the hydrogen donor was

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employed to treat the intermediate during the preparation of mesophase pitch. This

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study focused on the influences of in-process hydrogenation on the optical textures

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and physico-chemical property of mesophase pitches generated from petroleum

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aromatic-rich fraction. Moreover, the effects of in-process hydrogenation on the

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regulation of molecular structure and MWD of hydrogenated intermediates were

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investigated.

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2. Experimental section

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2.1 Materials

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The petroleum aromatic-rich fraction (named F), generated by the solvent

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extraction of the vacuum distillate from the FCC slurry oil with furfural as solvent,

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was provided by CNOOC Company. The average molecular weight (Mn), carbon

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residue, elemental composition and SARA (including saturates, aromatics, resin and

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asphaltene) of F are listed in Table 1. The feedstock F possessed high content of

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carbon and low contents of sulphur and nitrogen. Additionally, the aromatics were

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enriched in F, while no asphaltene was detected. It suggested that there was no

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heptane-insoluble component (HI) in F.

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Table 1 Elemental composition, average molecular weight and SARA of F. Elemental composition /wt. % Sample F

86 87 88

C

H

S

N

89.02

10.83

0.09

0.04

SARA /wt. % Mn 386.12

Saturates

Aromatics

Resin

Asphaltene

14.47

56.40

30.15

0

2.2 In-process hydrogenation and thermal treatment The preparation route of mesophase pitches by in-process hydrogenation method is shown in Figure 1. The detailed reaction conditions are as below.

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(a) The thermal condensation of feedstock F was carried out in a batch-type

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autoclave at 440 °C under 4 MPa of constant pressure. Before that, the system was

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pressed with an initial N2 pressure. The intermediate obtained under the investigated

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condition for 2.5 h was named FI.

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(b) The intermediate FI was thermally treated at 400 °C under 6 MPa for 1.5 h,

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and the resulting unhydrogenated intermediate was named M1. (c) The intermediate FI was thermally treated with 8

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wt. % of

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tetrahydronaphthalene (THN) as hydrogen donor at 400 °C under 6 MPa for 1.5 h,

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and the resulting hydrogenated intermediate was named M2. (d) The mesophase pitch product of M1-MP was obtained by thermally treating

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the unhydrogenated intermediate M1 at 440 °C under 4 MPa for 5 h. (e) The mesophase pitch product of M2-MP was obtained by thermally treating

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the hydrogenated intermediate M2 at 440 °C under 4 MPa for 5 h.

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Figure 1 Preparation route of mesophase pitches by in-process hydrogenation method.

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2.3 Characterization

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The elemental composition of feedstock was characterized by a PE-2400 Series

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HCSN elemental analyzer. The SARA of feedstock was characterized according to the

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SH/T 0509-98 standards. The carbon residues of feedstock, intermediates and

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products were analyzed in accordance with ASTM D4530.The average molecular

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weight of feedstock was analyzed by VPO method on a KNAUER K-7000 apparatus.

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The solubility of intermediates and products were analyzed by dividing the samples

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into four components via sequential extraction using heptane, toluene and quinolone

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as

solvents.

Four

resultant

extracted

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heptane-soluble

(HS),

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(HI-TS),

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heptane-insoluble/toluene-soluble

toluene-insoluble/quinolone-soluble

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(TI-QS) and quinolone-insoluble (QI) were obtained. The hydrogen distributions of

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intermediates were determined by 1H NMR on a Bruker Avance DMX-500 NMR

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spectrometer using deuterated chloroform as solvents. Penetrometer method

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used to measure the softening point (SP) of mesophase pitch. The optical textures of

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carbonized products were observed on a XPL-50 polarized microscope made by

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Shanghai Milite Company.

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3. Results and discussion

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3.1 Characterization of intermediates

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3.1.1 Solubility, carbon residue and elemental composition analyses

[21]

was

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The contents of the extracted components, carbon residues and elemental

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compositions of intermediates FI, M1 and M2 are listed in Table 2. The carbon residues

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of the three intermediates increased as FI<M2<M1, while the variation tendency of

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the H/C ratios of FI, M1 and M2 (1.067, 0.952 and 1.037, respectively) was consistent

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with that of carbon residues. This indicated that the carbonization degree of M1 was

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higher than those of FI and M2. In addition, the yield of M1 (79.5 wt. %) was higher

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than that of M2 (87.2 wt. %). This could be explained by the hydrogen transfer

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reaction which was caused by the hydrogen radicals provided by THN. The thermal

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reaction was alleviated, and the viscosity of the reaction system was reduced by the

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hydrogen transfer reaction. Then low systematic viscosity contributed to the

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generation of polycyclic aromatic compounds with high molecular-weight by small

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molecule compounds. This could reduce the spillage of the components with low

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molecular weight from the system. As a result, the M2, produced by hydrogenation of

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FI, possessed higher yield than M1.

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As shown in Table 1 and 2, there was no HI in F and no QI component in FI, while

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5.78% of QI was found in M1. This meant that the MWD of the intermediates become

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wider with reaction time

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macromolecules in M1 could trigger the generation of mesophase spheres as initial

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nucleus

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mesophase. This resulted in the low H/C ratio and high carbon residue of M1. In

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addition, M2 possessed more HI-TS and TI-QS components compared to M1, while no

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QI can be found in M2. This demonstrated that the molecules of M2 were mainly

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enriched in HI-TS and TI-QS, while the molecules of M1 were widely distributed in

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the four extracted components. In other words, the molecules with similar structures

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in M2 were concentrated in HI-TS and TI-QS according to similarity-intermiscibility

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theory

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those of M1. Furthermore, it was known that the average molecular weights of the

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four extracted components in intermediate products increased as HS<HI-TS<TI-QS

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<QI during thermal condensation

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distribution (MWD) of M2 was narrower than that of M1.

[8]

. The component QI with polycyclic aromatic

[8, 20]

[20]

, and thus the coke would appeared earlier during the preparation of

. It suggested that the molecular structures of M2 were more uniform than

[16, 22]

. This meant that that the molecular weight

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During the hydrogenation process, the active α-hydrogen from THN could provide

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hydrogen for alkane cracking, meanwhile, the existence of abundant α-hydrogen

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could suppress the condensation reaction of polycyclic aromatic molecules with high

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condensation degree

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so there was no QI appeared in M2. But if there was no THN in the reaction system,

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the hydrogen for alkane cracking were supplied by the naphthenic hydrocarbons and

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polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in intermediate FI [13]. This resulted in the excessive

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condensation of polycyclic aromatic molecules. Therefore, the heavy component QI

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was generated in M1, and thus the MWD of M1 was wide. The above results suggested

[4, 15]

. This resulted in a long period before the generation of QI,

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that the molecular structures and MWD of intermediate could be regulated by the

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contents of naphthenic structures in the intermediate during the in-process

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hydrogenation.

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Table 2 Extracted components, carbon residues and elemental compositions of FI, M1 and M2. Extracted component/wt. %

Carbon

Sample

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Elemental composition/wt. %

HS

HI-TS

TI-QS

QI

residues/wt. %

C

H

S

N

FI

47.61

29.68

22.71

0

21.6

91.73

8.16

0.04

0.04

M1

32.53

32.26

29.43

5.78

29.5

92.56

7.34

0.04

0.03

M2

31.07

33.69

35.24

0

23.1

91.98

7.95

0.03

0.03

3.1.2 1H NMR analysis The 1H NMR spectra of M1 and M2 are shown in Figure 2, and the hydrogen distributions are summarized in Table 3.

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Figure 2 1H NMR spectra of intermediates: (a) M1 and (b) M2.

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Table 3 Hydrogen distributions of F, FI, M1 and M2.

Sample

Hydrogen contents/% Har a

Hα b

Hβ c

Hγ d

Hn e

M1

49.97

29.48

9.94

8.47

2.14

M2

45.06

29.55

10.07

7.53

7.79

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b

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α-position to an aromatic ring (3.3-2.0 ppm); , aliphatic hydrogen in methyl or methylene group

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in β-position to an aromatic ring (1.4-1.0 ppm); , aliphatic hydrogen in methyl or methylene

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group in γ-position to an aromatic ring (1.0-0.5 ppm); , naphthenic hydrogen (2.0-1.4 ppm) [4].

, aromatic hydrogen (9.0-6.0 ppm); , aliphatic hydrogen in methyl or methylene group in c

d

e

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As shown in Table 3, M1 contained higher content of Har hydrogens than M2, which

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indicated that M2 possessed lower content of aromatic carbon, while higher content of

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alkyl structures than M1 [4]. Compared with M1, the content of Hβ and Hγ hydrogens in

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M2 changed little, while the content of Hn in M2 was higher obviously. This implied

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that alkyl chains in M1 and M2 were similar, but M1 contained more naphthenic

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while the naphthenic structures increased after the in-process hydrogenation. Given

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the solubility analyses of M1 and M2, the molecular structures and MWD of

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intermediates were regulated by changing the content of naphthenic structures in the

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reaction system. The increasing content of naphthenic structures in the reaction

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system contributed to the generation of intermediate with uniform molecular structure

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and narrow MWD.

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3.2 Characterization of mesophase pitch

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3.2.1 Optical texture analysis

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Figure 3 presents the optical textures of mesophase pitches M1-MP and M2-MP.

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The coarse mosaic structure [23] with a size in the range of 20µm~50µm was generated

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in M1-MP, while the large domain structure with a size larger than 200µm was

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appeared in M2-MP. This phenomenon could be explained by the differences of

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molecular structures and MWD between M1 and M2. During the thermal condensation

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of M1, the component QI with high condensation degree played a role as small

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nucleus in accelerating the generation of mesophase spheres at the initial stage of

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carbonization

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aromatic molecular layers had no enough time to move and be rearranged orderly [4, 13].

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So a coarse mosaic structure was generated in M1-MP. Moreover, the fast formation of

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mesophase spheres resulted in the coking. On the other side, the large domain

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structure in M2-MP was attributed to the abundant naphthenic structures in M2.

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During the condensation of M2, hydrogen transfer reactions triggered by naphthenic

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structures could moderate the violence of carbonization, improve the rheological

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property and maintain low systematic viscosity of the reaction system for a long time

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result, a mesophase pitch (M2-MP) with large domain structure was easily formed.

[20]

. This led to the increase of the system viscosity, and then the large

. This was conductive to the coalescence and growth of mesophase spheres. As a

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The above suggested that the in-process hydrogenation improved the optical texture of

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mesophase pitch by increasing the content of naphthenic structures in intermediate.

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Figure 3 Optical textures of mesophase pitches: (a) M1-MP and (b) M2-MP.

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The contents of the extracted components, carbon residues and softening points of

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M1-MP and M2-MP are summarized in Table 4. Compared to M1-MP, the M2-MP

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possessed higher contents of HI-TS and TI-QS, but lower content of HS and QI. This

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implied that the molecules of M2-MP were mainly enriched in intermediate

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components HI-TS and TI-QS. That is to say, the MWD of M2-MP was narrower than

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that of M1-MP. Additionally, the carbon residue and softening point of M1-MP was

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both higher than those of M2-MP.

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The content of QI in M1-MP was higher obviously than that in M2-MP, which

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resulted in a higher carbon residue of M1-MP. As mentioned above, the rheological

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property of mesophase pitch was improved because many hydrogen transfer reactions

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accrued during the carbonization reaction. The lower softening point of M2-MP was

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attributed to the better rheological property of the reaction system. Then the time

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when the petroleum coke appeared was prolonged. This resulted in a lower carbon

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residue of M2-MP. Besides, the hydrogen transfer reactions avoided the overreaction

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and prolonged the coking-induction period of coking

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became narrow. To sum up, the in-process hydrogenation of intermediate was

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conducive to the generation of mesophase pitch with large domain structure, narrow

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MWD, low softening point and carbon residue. Table 4 Extracted components, carbon residues and softening points of M1-MP and M2-MP.

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Sample

Extracted component/wt. %

residue/wt. %

HI-TS

M1-MP

10.06

13.17

21.45

55.32

85.07

294

M2-MP

8.41

14.88

33.46

43.25

81.56

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f

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4. Conclusion

QI

SP f/°C

HS

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TI-QS

Carbon

, softening point.

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The effects of in-process hydrogenation on the formation and development of

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mesophase structures were investigated by analyzing the properties of intermediates

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and mesophase pitches. Results showed that the intermediate after in-process

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hydrogenation possessed more uniform molecular structure and narrower MWD

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compared to the blank intermediate without in-process hydrogenation, which was

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attributed to the increasing content of naphthenic structures in the intermediate. It was

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also found that the in-process hydrogenation of intermediate was conducive to the

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generation of mesophase pitch with large domain structure, narrow MWD, low

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softening point and carbon residue. Moreover, the in-process hydrogenation regulated

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the MWD of mesophase pitch by changing the content of napthenic structures in

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intermediates.

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Acknowledgment

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This work has been supported by the Taishan Scholars Projects of Shandong

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(ts201511033).

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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