Application of Ultrasonication to Intensify the Thermal Cracking
of Fuel Oil in a Mixture with Oil Shale
Zh. K. Kairbekova,b,*, A. S. Maloletnevc,***, and I. M. Dzheldybaevaa,b,**
a Al-Farabi State University of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050040 Kazakhstan
b Research Institute of New Chemical Technologies and Materials, Almaty, 050012 Kazakhstan
c Moscow Mining Institute NUST MISiS, Moscow, 119049 Russia
Correspondence to: *е-mail: zh_kairbekov@gmail.com
Correspondence to: **е-mail: indiko_87@mail.ru
Correspondence to: ***е-mail: anstanmal@mail.ru
Received 25 October, 2019
Abstract—The results of the determination of the effect of low-frequency ultrasonic treatment on the thermal cracking of fuel oil mixed with shale from the Kendyrlyk deposit (Republic of Kazakhstan) are reported. It has been established that, upon the addition 12% Kendyrlyk shale to fuel oil with the subsequent ultrasonic treatment of the mixture, the maximum yields of a gasoline fraction with bp to 180°C and a diesel fraction with bp 180–360°C were as high as 20.4 and 44.9%, respectively.
Keywords: ultrasonic treatment, thermal cracking, oil shale, fuel oil
DOI: 10.3103/S0361521920030052