Characterization of heavy crude oils and residues using combined Gel Permeation Chromatography and simulated distillation

Characterization of high molecular weight hydrocarbon mixtures such as heavy oil, bitumen, and vacuum residue is essential to design and optimization of the recovery, upgrading, and transportation processes. Characterization provides information about the boiling point and molecular weight distributions. To obtain these information, developing the simple, fast, and consistent characterization method is needed. In this work, for the first time,...