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Fuel Processing Technology, Vol.41, No.2, 199-206, 1995
SEPARATION OF ORGANIC-MATTER FROM ASPHALTITE WITH SUPERCRITICAL-FLUID MIXTURES
Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of Turkish asphaltite with toluene mixtures was investigated. Experiments were performed in a stirred batch autoclave at 613 K. Organic matter recovered from the SFE were fractionated into oils, asphaltenes and preasphaltenes by solvent extraction. The extract yields are 15.1% with toluene, 16.0% with toluene + 5% methanol and 16.9% with toluene + 5% n-hexane mixtures. Oil yields are 8.8%, 11.1% and 9.7% with toluene and toluene mixtures, respectively. Oils were analysed with a combination of chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. Results were evaluated to assess the effect of solvent mixtures on product yields.