Comparison of the effect of temperature on asphaltene destabilisation in light and heavy live oils Online publication date: Mon, 06-Nov-2017
by Saber Mohammadi; Fariborz Rashidi; Sayed Ali Mousavi-Dehghani; Mohammad-Hossein Ghazanfari
International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology (IJOGCT), Vol. 16, No. 4, 2017
Abstract: The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of temperature on asphaltene destabilisation (precipitation/aggregation) in live oils at elevated pressure conditions. Here, the asphaltene related experiments were performed using solid detection systems, high pressure microscope, and high pressure-high temperature filtration apparatuses in two Iranian light and heavy live oils with different characteristics and stability. The obtained results were interpreted in terms of asphaltene onset pressure, size distribution and average diameter of the aggregates, fractal analysis of the aggregates structures, and the amount of asphaltene precipitation. As well, the results of the experiments for both light and heavy oil samples were compared in detail. [Received: December 8, 2015; Accepted: June 3, 2016]
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