Flow enhancement of medium-viscosity crude oil

被引：70

作者：

Ghannam, Mamdouh T. ^{[1
]}

Esmail, Nabil

机构：

[1] United Arab Emirates Univ, Coll Engn, Dept Chem & Petr Engn, Al Ain 17555, U Arab Emirates

[2] Concordia Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Montreal, PQ H3G 1M8, Canada

来源：

PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2006年 / 24卷 / 08期

关键词：

viscosity reduction; water/oil emulsion; flow improver; storage modulus; loss modulus;

D O I：

10.1081/LFT-200048166

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：

This study investigated the different alternatives to enhance the flowability of crude oil with medium viscosity. These alternatives include the addition of water into crude oil to form water-in-oil emulsion, the addition of light petroleum product, the addition of flow improver, and a preheating technique. Temperature range of 10-50 degrees C, water concentration range of 0-50% by volume, flow improver concentration range of 0-5000 ppm, and kerosene concentration range of 0-50% by volume were investigated in the flowability enhancement study of crude oil with medium viscosity. The flowability enhancement in terms of viscosity reduction was investigated using RheoStress RS100 from Haake. A cone-plate sensor was used with a cone angle of degrees 4, cone diameter of 35 mm, and 0.137-mm gap at the cone tip. The addition of kerosene to crude oil improves the flowability much better than any other investigated technique.

引用

页码：985 / 999

页数：15

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