authors |
Coutinho, JAP; Daridon, JL |
nationality |
International |
journal |
PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
author keywords |
cloud point; wax; paraffins; wax appearance temperature |
keywords |
DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURES; FILTER PLUGGING POINT; CRUDE OILS; FUEL BLENDS; PREDICTION; MODEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; PRECIPITATION; DEPOSITION |
abstract |
In the petroleum industry, cloud points are one of the main guides to evaluate the wax precipitation potential of a fluid. The planning of the exploration of a reservoir or the design of its pipelines are based on the measured cloud points for the reservoir oil. It is known that each measuring technique will provide a different cloud point temperature, yet although some of these techniques seem to be more accurate than others, no definite conclusion was established on how cloud points should be measured. On this work, several cloud point measurement techniques are discussed and compared. It will be shown that some of these techniques, such as viscosity, filter plugging, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) can only be used under very favorable circumstances, but it will be argued that because every technique requires some finite, often large, amount of solid to detect the presence of a new phase, the cloud point, defined as the temperature for which the first solid appears in the oil, is not accessible experimentally, and unless a very detailed compositional analysis is available, it is also impossible to predict it accurately with a thermodynamic model. The effect of the paraffin distribution in the oils on the cloud point detection will be discussed, and it will be shown how the compositional information can be used to assess the uncertainty of the measured cloud points. |
publisher |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
issn |
1091-6466 |
year published |
2005 |
volume |
23 |
issue |
9-10 |
beginning page |
1113 |
ending page |
1128 |
digital object identifier (doi) |
10.1081/LFT-200035541 |
web of science category |
Energy & Fuels; Engineering, Chemical; Engineering, Petroleum |
subject category |
Energy & Fuels; Engineering |
unique article identifier |
WOS:000232491500008
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journal impact factor |
0.976 |
5 year journal impact factor |
1.016 |
category normalized journal impact factor percentile |
23.755 |
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