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New Insight into the Wax Precipitation Process: In Situ NMR Imaging Study in a Cold Finger Cell Full article

Journal

Energy and Fuels
ISSN: 0887-0624 , E-ISSN: 1520-5029

Output data

Year: 2016, Volume: 30, Number: 11, Pages: 9003-9013 Pages count : 11 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01535

Tags

Cells; Crude oil; Cytology; Deposits; Diffusion; Gelation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ostwald ripening; Phase separation; Polymer blends

Authors

Morozov Evgeny V. ^1,2,3 , Falaleev Oleg V. ⁴ , Martyanov Oleg N. ³

Affiliations

1	Kirensky Institute of Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/38, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
2	Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
3	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pr. Ak. Lavrentieva 5, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
4	Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia

Funding (1)

Russian Science Foundation

15-19-00119

A cold finger cell intended for the wax deposition measurements was fabricated and integrated into an NMR imaging probe for the noninvasive study of wax precipitation processes in situ. The cell was first tested with a model system; then, a series of experiments with different thermal gradients applied to the cell were performed for a waxy crude oil. NMR imaging of the operating cell revealed the formation of a deposit with the morphology and dynamics strongly correlating with the temperature regime. At higher temperatures of cold finger, the incipient wax gel ages uniformly, giving rise to the hard and thin inner layer of deposit accompanied by a branched loosely consolidated outer layer. Conversely, the lower temperatures facilitate formation of a thick deposit which no longer ages uniformly and slow down the diffusion-controlled growth of the branched deposit structure. The results obtained are consistent with the majority of the data previously reported. Thus, gelation of the wax at temperatures below the cloud point and subsequent thermal-driven diffusion processes are considered to be the dominant mechanisms of the deposit formation. The counter diffusion and Ostwald ripening aging concepts were found to be relevant in the case of the cold finger study and account for the phenomena observed in this work. The information obtained via NMR imaging is highly complementary to the results obtained by other techniques that can aid in understanding the essential processes behind the wax precipitation phenomena. The approach developed can be effectively extended to study any thermal-driven phase separation process.

Morozov E.V. , Falaleev O.V. , Martyanov O.N.
New Insight into the Wax Precipitation Process: In Situ NMR Imaging Study in a Cold Finger Cell
Energy and Fuels. 2016. V.30. N11. P.9003-9013. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01535 WOS Scopus РИНЦ ANCAN OpenAlex

Submitted:	Jun 22, 2016
Accepted:	Sep 6, 2016
Published online:	Sep 30, 2016
Published print:	Nov 17, 2016

Web of science:	WOS:000388428800021
Scopus:	2-s2.0-84996602327
Elibrary:	27580186
Chemical Abstracts:	2016:1519404
Chemical Abstracts (print):	165:536246
OpenAlex:	W2521491920

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