Open AccessCharacterization of compositions in crude oil and the effect of inhibitor on the crystallization of paraffin
Author(s) -
Sen Pei,
Xiaoben Tang,
Anguo Yang,
Shijun Chen,
Gang Chen,
Sanbao Dong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/384/1/012067
Subject(s) - crystallization , thermogravimetry , crude oil , composition (language) , liquid paraffin , chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , chromatography , organic chemistry , petroleum engineering , composite material , geology , inorganic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , engineering
Flowability is one of the important characters of a crude oil in pipelines. The viscosity of one crude oil is affected by many factors (e.g., temperature, water cut, composition distribution, paraffin deposition, etc.). In this study, IR, thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) and UV measurement are employed to characterize the composition of the crude oil (HN-1) provided by Henan Oilfield. The paraffin morphology analysis is employed to rate the property of a mixture of paraffin inhibitors and analysis the mechanism of the paraffin inhibition.