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Wood, Joseph
University of Birmingham
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Publications (16/16 displayed)
- 2023Anisole hydrodeoxygenation over nickel-based catalystscitations
- 20213D printed re-entrant cavity resonator for complex permittivity measurement of crude oilscitations
- 2020Mild-temperature hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin a typical bio-oil model compound to creosol a potential future biofuelcitations
- 2020Maximizing paraffin to olefin ratio employing simulated nitrogen-rich syngas via Fischer-Tropsch process over Co3O4/SiO2 catalystscitations
- 2020Tetralin and decalin h-donor effect on catalytic upgrading of heavy oil inductively heated with steel ballscitations
- 2020Organocatalysis for versatile polymer degradationcitations
- 2019Poly(lactic acid) degradation into methyl lactate catalyzed by a well-defined Zn(II) complexcitations
- 2019Reaction kinetics of vanillin hydrodeoxygenation in acidic and nonacidic environments using bimetallic PdRh/Al2O3 catalystcitations
- 2019A mechanistic study of Layered-Double Hydroxide (LDH)-derived nickel-enriched mixed oxide (Ni-MMO) in ultradispersed catalytic pyrolysis of heavy oil and related petroleum coke formationcitations
- 2018Catalytic performance of Ni-Cu/Al2O3 for effective syngas production by methanol steam reformingcitations
- 2017In-situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil using dispersed bionanoparticles supported on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteriacitations
- 2016Selective hydrogenation using palladium bioinorganic catalystcitations
- 2011Improving the interpretation of mercury porosimetry data using computerised X-ray tomography and mean-field DFTcitations
- 2008Experimental and modelling studies of the kinetics of mercury retraction from highly confined geometries during porosimetry in the transport and the quasi-equilibrium regimescitations
- 2006Studies of the entrapment of non-wetting fluid within nanoporous media using a synergistic combination of MRI and micro-computed X-ray tomographycitations
- 2005Minimisation and recycling of spent acid wastes from galvanising plantscitations
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In-situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil using dispersed bionanoparticles supported on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria
Abstract
With the continuous depletion of global oil reserves, unconventional alternative oil resources like heavy oil and bitumen have become increasingly attractive. This study investigates the use of bimetallic bio-nanoparticles (bio-NPs), a potential alternative to commercial catalysts in heavy oil upgrading. The bio-NPs were made by sequential reduction of precious metal (Pd and Pt) ions with hydrogen as the electron donor at 5 wt% and 20 wt% metal loading using bacterial (Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Bacillus benzeovorans) cells as support. The bio-NPs were characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Results of the catalytic upgrading of a feed heavy oil show that the bimetallic bio-NPs produced an increment of ∼2° in API (American Petroleum Institute) gravity (i.e. ∼9.1°) better than monometallic bio-NPs (∼7.6°) on average while the API gravity using thermal upgrading was lower (6.3°). The API gravity of a commercial Ni-Mo/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalyst was 11.1°. However, more coking was produced using the commercial catalyst than with the bio-NPs. The extent of viscosity reduction was: 98.7% (thermal), 99.2% (bio-NPs) and 99.6% (Ni-Mo/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) below 1031 mPa s for the feed heavy oil reference (baseline). The potential advantage of using bio-NPs is that the precious metals can be sourced cheaply from waste streams, which could serve as a potential platform for the green synthesis of catalytically active materials using bacteria for in-situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oils.