Use of near infrared for evaluation of droplet size distribution and water content in water-in-crude oil emulsions in pressurized pipeline

被引：36

作者：

Borges, Gustavo R. ^{[1
]}

Farias, Gabriela B. ^{[1
]}

Braz, Talita M. ^{[1
]}

Santos, Leila M. ^{[1
]}

Amaral, Monique J. ^{[1
]}

Fortuny, Montserrat ^{[1
]}

Franceschi, Elton ^{[1
]}

Dariva, Claudio ^{[1
]}

Santos, Alexandre F. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] PEP PBI UNIT, Inst Tecnol & Pesquisa, Nucleo Estudos Sistemas Coloidais, BR-49032490 Aracaju, SE, Brazil

来源：

FUEL | 2015年 / 147卷

关键词：

Near infrared; Droplet size; Crude oil; Emulsions; Water content; BEAM REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENT; AVERAGE PARTICLE-SIZE; PETROLEUM-PRODUCTS; SPECTROSCOPY; CONDUCTIVITY; DIAMETER; LINE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.fuel.2015.01.053

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

Droplet size distribution (DSD) and water content (WC) are two parameters that affect the type/intensity of treatment of water-in-crude oil (W/O) emulsions in the production fields. Besides, the crude oil viscosity and emulsion stability are strongly dependent of DSD and WC. Several papers have reported different techniques for evaluation of these properties; however, most of them were based on experiments performed at conditions of temperature and mainly pressure far from those found in the production fields. In this work, we demonstrate that optical microscopy and standard PLS models can be combined for calibration of a Near Infrared (NIR) spectrophotometer with regard to DSD of W/O emulsions with different water contents. Additionally, the NIR calibration models were validated considering the prediction of the DSD and WC of a distinct crude oil not used during the calibration step. Then, a new apparatus for online monitoring of W/O emulsions at pressures up to 30 bar is presented. The proposed apparatus employed both techniques (optical microscopy and near infrared spectroscopy) installed in series in the pressurized pipeline. The results indicate that the proposed apparatus is efficient for online monitoring of pressurized emulsions with water contents up to 17 wt% and average diameter (D(4,3)) from 6 to 40 mu m. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：43 / 52

页数：10

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