In order to alleviate the pressure on the international energy supply, people began to turn
their attention to the abundant reserves of heavy oil resources. However, the high density …

Supercritical water upgrading heavy oil is a promising way to produce light oil and gas. To
understand the reactions pathways and the role of supercritical water during the upgrading …

Supercritical water upgrading (SCWU) is a promising technology for heavy oil recovery and
refining, in which minerals could act as catalysts, but the effect on the upgraded product …

Hydrothermal treatment is a green and sustainable technology to upgrade heavy oil with
water acting both as a solvent and a reactant. However, water reactivity under subcritical …

Hydrogen donation is the key to supercritical water upgrading of heavy oil, because it
benefits light distillate production and inhibits condensation, but the mechanism is still …

Heavy crude oil upgrading in a supercritical water environment is a promising technology
owing to diverse advantages such as heteroatom removal, high yields of low molecular …

Liquid-liquid reactions play a significant role in organic synthesis. However, control of the
phase interface between incompatible two-phase liquids remains challenging. Moreover …

Heavy crude oil upgrading under a supercritical water environment has demonstrated to
have diverse advantages. For commercial applications, it is necessary to develop …

Based on theoretical calculations and experimental characterizations, the extraction of
heavy oil components using subcritical water (Sub-CW) as an extraction solvent was studied …

The lack of proper kinetic models for the supercritical water application to heavy crude oil
upgrading is the driving force of this work. Thus, experiments for Ashalcha heavy oil …