Wax deposition in crude oils: a new approach

Antonio Fasano; Mario Primicerio

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni (2005)

  • Volume: 16, Issue: 4, page 251-263
  • ISSN: 1120-6330

Abstract

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The complex phenomenon of solid wax deposition in wax saturated crude oils subject to thermal gradients has been treated in a number of papers under very specific assumptions (e.g. thermodynamical equilibrium between dissolved wax and the wax suspended in the oil as a crystallized phase). Here we want to consider a more general framework in which thermodynamical equilibrium may not exist, the whole system may form a gel-like structure in which the segregated solid wax has no diffusivity, the thermal field may evolve due to a non-negligible difference between the thermal conductivity of the solid wax deposit growing at the cold wall of the container and the conductivity of oil, etc.

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Fasano, Antonio, and Primicerio, Mario. "Wax deposition in crude oils: a new approach." Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni 16.4 (2005): 251-263. <http://eudml.org/doc/252304>.

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abstract = {The complex phenomenon of solid wax deposition in wax saturated crude oils subject to thermal gradients has been treated in a number of papers under very specific assumptions (e.g. thermodynamical equilibrium between dissolved wax and the wax suspended in the oil as a crystallized phase). Here we want to consider a more general framework in which thermodynamical equilibrium may not exist, the whole system may form a gel-like structure in which the segregated solid wax has no diffusivity, the thermal field may evolve due to a non-negligible difference between the thermal conductivity of the solid wax deposit growing at the cold wall of the container and the conductivity of oil, etc.},
author = {Fasano, Antonio, Primicerio, Mario},
journal = {Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni},
keywords = {Free boundary problems; Heat and mass transfer; Nonisothermal saturated solutions; Wax deposition in crude oils},
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month = {12},
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