The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow

The flow of crude oil from oil reservoir to the surface is controlled by the pressure difference between the subsurface pressure and wellhead pressure at the platform. The pressure drop is also required to pump the crude oil from the platform to the inland processing plant. A significant amount of h...

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Main Authors: Abdul Kadir, Abdul Aziz, Ismail, Issham, Hamid, Mohd. Fauzi
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Language:English
Published: Inst. of Postgraduate Studies and Research, University of Malaya. 1998
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description The flow of crude oil from oil reservoir to the surface is controlled by the pressure difference between the subsurface pressure and wellhead pressure at the platform. The pressure drop is also required to pump the crude oil from the platform to the inland processing plant. A significant amount of heavy paraffin components may solidify to form needle-like crystals as the flow temperature reaches the temperature of supercritical fluid. The drop of temperature is due to heat losses to the surrounding and low initial operation temperature. The crystallisation temperature is measured via the Differential Scanning Calorimeter. The Scanning Calorimetry method provides the initial indication of phases transition at simulated heat loss at isobaric condition. The result was correlated to flow properties such as the pour point and fluid rheology.
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spelling utm-41562010-06-01T03:15:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/4156/ The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow Abdul Kadir, Abdul Aziz Ismail, Issham Hamid, Mohd. Fauzi TP Chemical technology The flow of crude oil from oil reservoir to the surface is controlled by the pressure difference between the subsurface pressure and wellhead pressure at the platform. The pressure drop is also required to pump the crude oil from the platform to the inland processing plant. A significant amount of heavy paraffin components may solidify to form needle-like crystals as the flow temperature reaches the temperature of supercritical fluid. The drop of temperature is due to heat losses to the surrounding and low initial operation temperature. The crystallisation temperature is measured via the Differential Scanning Calorimeter. The Scanning Calorimetry method provides the initial indication of phases transition at simulated heat loss at isobaric condition. The result was correlated to flow properties such as the pour point and fluid rheology. Inst. of Postgraduate Studies and Research, University of Malaya. 1998-04-22 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/4156/1/SKMBT_60007080711131.pdf Abdul Kadir, Abdul Aziz and Ismail, Issham and Hamid, Mohd. Fauzi (1998) The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow. Proceedings of International Conference on Mixing and Crystallization .
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Abdul Kadir, Abdul Aziz
Ismail, Issham
Hamid, Mohd. Fauzi
The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow
title The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow
title_full The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow
title_fullStr The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow
title_full_unstemmed The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow
title_short The formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow
title_sort formation of paraffin wax crystal in flow
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://eprints.utm.my/4156/
http://eprints.utm.my/4156/1/SKMBT_60007080711131.pdf