Upgrading of Heavy Oil by New Technologies

This topical conference is dedicated to scientific and engineering work in the field of heavy oil and bitumen upgrading. Typically, these methods cover :

  • Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering
  • Novel Reactors and Process Developments
  • Thermodynamics of Heavy Oils and Asphaltenes
  • Characterization of Petroleum Macromolecules
  • Mechanisms and Mitigation of Fouling in Refining and Upgrading

This symposium will present recent advances in the development or improvement of heavy oil upgrading technology, and covers wide applications in chemical industry.

Confirmed keynotes

Dr. Isao Mochida
Kyushu University
mochida@cm.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Dr. Jorge Ancheyta

Prof. Sachio Asaoka

Scope

This session is dedicated to the full range of technologies for conversion of bitumen and heavy oil, including catalysis, thermal conversion, characterization of feeds and products and reactor design.

The proposed topics are :

Topics 1

  • Hydrotreating
  • Hydrocraking
  • Catalytic cracking
  • Coking
  • Visbreaking

Topics 2

  • New insight in molecular aspect for heavy oil as a mixture of components
  • Molecular Dynamics and Molecular Engineering
  • Thermodynamics of Heavy Oils and Asphaltenes
  • Characterization of Petroleum Macromolecules

Topics 3

  • New process and catalysts
  • Fixed bed and fluidized bed reactors
  • Reactor Design and Optimization
  • Operation system

Publication

This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings.

Organizers

Dr. Kazuhiro Inamura
Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
1280 Kamiizumi, Sodegaura, Chiba 299-0293, Japan
kazuhiro.inamura@si.idemitsu.co.jp

Dr. Yoshikazu Sugimoto
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-8569, Japan
y-sugimoto@aist.go.jp

Dr. Ryuzo Tanaka
Analytical Technology Center, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
1280 Kamiizumi, Sodegaura, Chiba 299-0293, Japan
ryuzo.tanaka@si.idemitsu.co.jp

Ron Pugmire
Address University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
pug@utah.edu

Craig Fairbridge
National Centre for Upgrading Technology
One Oil Patch Road, Devon, AB
craig@NRCan.gc.ca

Murray Gray
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta. T6G 2G6
murray.gray@ualberta.ca