چكيده لاتين :
Catalytic hydrocracking of topped Athabasca bitumen was investigated in a continuous stirredbasket
reactor, using a fresh and spent commercial catalyst, as well as in the presence of no
catalyst. A continuous lumping model was developed for kinetic analysis of hydrodenitrogenation
and hydrocracking reactions. The normalized boiling point was used to describe the reactant
mixture as a continuous mixture. The continuous model, with five adjustable parameters, was
used to describe hydrocracking reactions. Reactions of nitrogen compounds were described
by series reactions, involving cracking to lower molecular weight products, as well as direct
denitrogenation. The model was able to accurately predict the weight percent of distillation
fractions and their nitrogen content in the products
