New Multi-Solid Thermodynamic Model for Improved Cloud Point Prediction of Waxy Crudes
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Date
2010-07
Authors
Adeyanju, O.
Oyekunle, L.
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Petroleum & Coal Publisher
Abstract
A thermodynamic framework is developed for calculating the cloud point also known as WAT (Wax Appearance Temperature) or WDT (Wax Disappearance Temperature) in petroleum mixtures. The method involves the use of experimental data to generate a correction’s correlation for the liquid molar volume shift parameter during liquid-solid equilibrium. Application of the method to the five ternary systems with the 72 equilibrium data points gives an AAD (Absolute Average Deviation) between 0.843 – 0.979. Also, the method gives a better performance in re-producing the experimental cloud point for real petroleum fluids. Its use is simple, accurate and has wide range of validity.
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Keywords
Cloud point , Molar volume shift Parameter , Multi-solid model , Stability analysis , Thermodynamic equilibrum , Research Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY::Chemical engineering
Citation
Adeyanju, O.A. and Oyekunle L.O. (2010). New Multi-Solid Thermodynamic Model for Improved Cloud Point Prediction of Waxy Crudes Petroleum and Coal. Vol.52(4), pp. 235-242pp.