• Title of article

    Acoustic method for measuring asphaltene flocculation in crude oils

  • Author/Authors

    Carrier، نويسنده , , H and Plantier، نويسنده , , F and Daridon، نويسنده , , J-L and Lagourette، نويسنده , , B and Lu، نويسنده , , Z، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    111
  • To page
    117
  • Abstract
    With a view to evaluate the risk of asphaltene to flocculate in crude oils, an experimental device based on an acoustic technique of phase comparison has been developed. The operational method and the results concerning the influence of the precipitant concentration on crude–solvent mixtures at 323 K and atmospheric pressure thus obtained are presented. On the basis of the measurements carried out, it is shown that flocculation caused a sufficiently important change in the output phase signal which thus can be used as an indicator of the phenomenon.
  • Keywords
    Experimental method , Flocculation , Acoustic , asphaltene
  • Journal title
    Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Serial Year
    2000
  • Journal title
    Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Record number

    2217894