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Visbreaking

Visbreaking is a thermal cracking process in petroleum refining that reduces the viscosity of heavy oil fractions by breaking down large hydrocarbon molecules into smaller ones through controlled heat treatment without the use of catalysts.

58

Publications

1.5K

Citations

169

Authors

51

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

17

Variants

Viscosity Breaking

Parents

Publications

58

Upgrading and visbreaking of super‐heavy oil by catalytic aquathermolysis with aromatic sulfonic copper

Kun Chao, Yanling Chen, Jian Li et al. · Fuel Processing Technology · 2012 · 103 citations

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Visbreaking: A technology of the past and the future

James G. Speight · Scientia Iranica · 2012 · 74 citations · Full text

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Characterization of Athabasca Vacuum Residue and Its Visbroken Products. Stability and Fast Hydrocarbon Group-Type Distributions

Lante Carbognani, Manuel F. González, Pedro Pereira‐Almao · Energy & Fuels · 2007 · 58 citations

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Partial Upgrading of Bitumen: Impact of Solvent Deasphalting and Visbreaking Sequence

Ashley Zachariah, Arno de Klerk · Energy & Fuels · 2017 · 56 citations · Full text

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Visbreaking of Heavy Oil under Supercritical Water Environment

Jun Liu, Yu Xing, Yi-Xiao Chen et al. · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research · 2017 · 54 citations

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Authors

169

  1. AD
    Arno de Klerk

    University of Alberta, Canada

    9 publications · 246 citations

    9

    h-index

  2. PY
    Pei‐Qing Yuan

    East China University of Science and Technology, China

    5 publications · 120 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. WR
    W. R. Shu

    ExxonMobil (United States), United States

    4 publications · 71 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. AZ
    Ashley Zachariah

    University of Alberta, Canada

    3 publications · 129 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. YY
    Yuwei Yan

    Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

    3 publications · 55 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

51

  1. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    9 h-index

    26 publications

    691 citations

  2. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering

    Hangzhou, China

    5 h-index

    23 publications

    602 citations

  3. East China University of Science and Technology

    Shanghai, China

    5 h-index

    24 publications

    615 citations

  4. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    375 citations

  5. Indian Institute of Petroleum

    Dehra Dūn, India

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    473 citations

  6. ExxonMobil (United States)

    Irving, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    122 citations

  7. University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

    Shanghai, China

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    53 citations

  8. Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    68 citations

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Venues

  1. Energy & Fuels

    15 publications · 425 citations

    14

    h-index

  2. Fuel

    6 publications · 145 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

    5 publications · 153 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

    JCPT · 3 publications · 41 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Fuel Science and Technology International

    3 publications · 61 citations

    3

    h-index

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