Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil
Paraffin deposition in the crude oil production pipeline has been an alarming problem to the flow assurance community. This phenomenon causes a tremendous amount of material loss in the production and substantial resources are expended to resolve these flow assurance problems—which included the chem...
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| description | Paraffin deposition in the crude oil production pipeline has been an alarming problem to the flow assurance community. This phenomenon causes a tremendous amount of material loss in the production and substantial resources are expended to resolve these flow assurance problems—which included the chemical treatment. This study examined an agricultural non-ionic silane-based surfactant and its blends (with silica nanoparticles) as a flow improver using Malaysian light crude oil (42.4°API). In particular, this study performed the following experimental measurements: wax appearance temperature, pour point, viscosity, and FTIR spectroscopic analysis. The result showed that the surfactant-nanoparticles blend affected the viscosity (significant reduction by approximately 67 %) within certain temperature range and were able to depress both pour point (to 4°C) and wax appearance temperature (15.6°C). It was also revealed that the most potent blend consisted 400 ppm of silane-based surfactant and 200 ppm of SiO2 nanoparticles. The study also evaluated the underlying mechanisms for the variation of viscosity through FTIR spectroscopic analysis. |
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| spelling | ump-245462019-04-19T01:25:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24546/ Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil Z. H., Lim H. S., Al Salim B., Hasiholan N., Ridzuan TP Chemical technology Paraffin deposition in the crude oil production pipeline has been an alarming problem to the flow assurance community. This phenomenon causes a tremendous amount of material loss in the production and substantial resources are expended to resolve these flow assurance problems—which included the chemical treatment. This study examined an agricultural non-ionic silane-based surfactant and its blends (with silica nanoparticles) as a flow improver using Malaysian light crude oil (42.4°API). In particular, this study performed the following experimental measurements: wax appearance temperature, pour point, viscosity, and FTIR spectroscopic analysis. The result showed that the surfactant-nanoparticles blend affected the viscosity (significant reduction by approximately 67 %) within certain temperature range and were able to depress both pour point (to 4°C) and wax appearance temperature (15.6°C). It was also revealed that the most potent blend consisted 400 ppm of silane-based surfactant and 200 ppm of SiO2 nanoparticles. The study also evaluated the underlying mechanisms for the variation of viscosity through FTIR spectroscopic analysis. Institute of Physics Publishing 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24546/1/Evaluation%20of%20silane-based%20surfactant%20nanohybrid%20as%20flow%20improver%20in%20a%20Malaysian%20light%20crude%20oil.pdf Z. H., Lim and H. S., Al Salim and B., Hasiholan and N., Ridzuan (2019) Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil. In: IOP Conference Series: 1st International Postgraduate Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2018 , 31 October 2018 , UMP Library, Pekan. pp. 1-10., 469 (012001). ISSN 1757-899X (Published) https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/469/1/012001/meta |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Z. H., Lim H. S., Al Salim B., Hasiholan N., Ridzuan Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil |
| title | Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil |
| title_full | Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil |
| title_short | Evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a Malaysian light crude oil |
| title_sort | evaluation of silane-based surfactant nanohybrid as flow improver in a malaysian light crude oil |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
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