Abstract
Three NiMo commercial catalysts were used for carrying out hydrotreating (HDT) experiments in a high-pressure pilot plant. Maya crude oil was employed as HDT feed. All hydrotreated products and their corresponding precipitated asphaltenes fractions were characterized by elemental analysis and metals contents. Extraction of asphaltenes was carried out according to the method described in ASTM D-3279. It was observed from our characterization results that while nitrogen and metals content in asphaltenes increase sulfur decrease as the reaction temperature is increased. This different behavior was attributed to the localization of each heteroatom in the asphaltene molecule. Pore size of catalysts showed the major influence on hydrotreated product asphaltenes composition.
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