Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Structure of Asphaltene Molecules and Nanoclusters Based on Them

  • Published:
Petroleum Chemistry Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The chemical, electronic, and supramolecular structures of asphaltenes, isolated from the atmospheric–vacuum distillation residue of Western Siberian crude oil, have been experimentally and theoretically studied. The chemical structure of asphaltenes has been studied by IR, UV, and visible spectroscopy. Using UV–visible absorption spectra, the electronic structure of asphaltene molecules has been determined and the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals have been assessed from the effective ionization potential and effective electron affinity. The average structure of asphaltene molecules has been obtained according to chemical analysis and spectroscopy data. Quantum-chemical DFT calculations have shown that the ionization potentials and electron affinity are consistent with optical spectroscopy and electrical conductivity measurement data. The molecular mechanics calculations of nanoclusters containing up to ten molecular units of asphaltene have also shown compliance with experimental results.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 3.

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. J. G. Speight, Handbook of Petroleum Analysis (Wiley–Interscience, New York, 2001)].

    Google Scholar 

  2. C. Sharma, S. Bhagat, and S. Erhan, Pet. Sci. Technol. 25, 93 (2007).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. K. Rajagopal and S. Silva, Braz. J. Chem. Eng. 21, 601 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. D. Merino-Garcia, J. Shaw, H. Carrier, et al., Energy Fuels 24, 2175 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. P. Spiecker, K. Gawrys, C. Trail, et al., Colloids Surf., A 220, 9 (2003).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. G. A. Galimova, T. N. Yusupova, D. A. Ibragimova, and I. R. Yakupov, Vestn. Kazansk. Tekhnol. Univ.18 (20), 60 (2015).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. S. Mitra-Kirtley, O. Mullins, J. van Elp, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 252 (1993).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. A. Hortal, M. Lobato, J. Pedrosa, and S. Lago, J. Mass Spectrom. 41, 960 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. N. Lisitza, D. Freed, P. Sen, and Y. Song, Energy Fuels 23, 1189 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. S. Betancourt, G. Ventura, A. Pomerantz, et al., Energy Fuels 23, 1178 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. M. Gray, R. Tykwinski, J. Stryker, and X. Tan, Energy Fuels 25, 3125 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. T. Yen, J. Erdman, and S. Pollack, Anal. Chem. 33, 1587 (1961).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. S. Bagheri, A. Bazyleva, M. Gray, et al., Energy Fuels 24, 4327 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. H. Groenzin and O. Mullins, Energy Fuels 14, 677 (2000).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. L. C. Krajewski, R. P. Rodgers, and A. G. Marshall, Anal. Chem. 89, 11318 (2017).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. H. Sabbah, A. Morrow, A. Pomerantz, and R. Zare, Energy Fuels 25, 1597 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. D. E. Dmitriev and A. K. Golovko, Chem. Sust. Dev., No. 18, 171 (2010).

  18. I. L. Markhasin, Physicochemical Mechanics of Oil Reservoir (Nedra, Moscow) [in Russian].

  19. O. C. Mullins, Energy Fuels 24, 2179 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. H. Groenzin, J. Phys. Chem. 103, 11237 (1999).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Kh. Murgich, in Physicochemical Properties of Petroleum Disperse Systems and Oil-and-Gas Technologies (Regulyarnaya i Khaoticheskaya Dinamika/Institut Komp’yuternykh Issledivanii, Izhevsk, 2007), p. 580 [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  22. H. Sabbah, A. L. Morrow, A. E. Pomerantz, and N. Z. Richard, Energy Fuels 25, 1597 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Yu. M. Ganeeva, T. N. Yusupova, and G. V. Romanov, Dokl. Chem. 426, 128 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Yu. V. Korzhov and S. A. Orlov, Izv. Tomsk, Politekh. Univ., Inzh. Georesurs. 327 (12), 62 (2016).

    Google Scholar 

  25. M. Yu. Dolomatov, A. B. Marushkin, R. N. Gimaev, and N. M. Seliverstov, Khim. Tekhnol. Topl. Masel, No. 6, 83 (1986).

    Google Scholar 

  26. L. M. Khashper, Extended Abstract of Candidate’s Dissertation in Engineering (Tomsk, 1998).

  27. M. Yu. Dolomatov and G. R. Mukaeva, Zh. Prikl. Spectrosk. 53, 950 (1990).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. A. M. Petrov, M. Yu. Dolomatov, R. Z. Bakhtizin, et al., Vestn. Bashkir. Gos. Univ. 20, 826 (2015).

    Google Scholar 

  29. V. R. Nikitenko, A Student’s Guide to Nonstationary Processes of Charge Carrier Transport and Recombination in Thin Layers of Organic Materials (NIYaU MIFI, Moscow, 2011) [in Russian].

  30. I. G. Kaplan and O. B. Rodimova, Usp. Fiz. Nauk 126, 403 (1978).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. M. Yu. Dolomatov, R. Z. Bakhtizin, and K. F. Latypov, Butlerov. Soobshch., No. 4, 64 (2018).

  32. M. Yu. Dolomatov, S. A. Shutkova, and S. V. Dezortsev, J. Struct. Chem. 53, 563 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. S. A. Shutkova, M. Y. Dolomatov, and S. V. Dezortsev, Pet. Chem. 52, 267 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. M. Yu. Dolomatov and S. A. Shutkova, J. Struct. Chem. 58, 1270 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 17-42-020616.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physical Electronics and Nanophysics, Bashkir State University, 450076, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia

    M. Yu. Dolomatov, R. Z. Bakhtizin, M. M. Dolomatova, K. F. Latypov & B. R. Badretdinov

  2. Department of Oil and Gas Technology, Ufa State Petroleum Technical University, 450062, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia

    M. Yu. Dolomatov & K. A. Gilmanshina

  3. Department of Thermal Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Power Engineering, Bashkir State Agrarian University, 450001, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia

    S. A. Shutkova

Authors
  1. M. Yu. Dolomatov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. S. A. Shutkova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. R. Z. Bakhtizin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. M. M. Dolomatova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. K. F. Latypov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. K. A. Gilmanshina
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. B. R. Badretdinov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to S. A. Shutkova.

Ethics declarations

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest requiring disclosure in this article.

Additional information

Translated by S. Zatonsky

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Dolomatov, M.Y., Shutkova, S.A., Bakhtizin, R.Z. et al. Structure of Asphaltene Molecules and Nanoclusters Based on Them. Pet. Chem. 60, 16–21 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965544120010077

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965544120010077

Keywords:

Search

Navigation