Asphaltenes : fundamentals, applications and future developments / editor, Suzanne R. Pittman.
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TextSeries: Petroleum science and technologyPublisher: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- Asphaltenes (Nova Science Publishers : 2016)
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- TP692.4.A8
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ASPHALTENES: FUNDAMENTALS, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; ASPHALTENES: FUNDAMENTALS, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ASPHALTENES: THESE STILL DIMLY-UNDERSTOOD MOLECULES; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ASPHALTENES CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPICAL PROBLEMS; 2.1. Asphaltenes Concentration in Crude versus Asphaltenes Deposition Problems; 2.2. The Role of Crude Resins in the Asphaltenes Stabilization Process; 2.3. The Apparent Paradox of Minimum Solubility of Asphaltenes at the Bubble Point Pressure
3. ASPHALTENES AGGREGATION MODELS3.1. The Thermodynamic Colloidal Model (The Lyophobic Model); 3.2. The Macromolecules in Solution Model; 3.3. Fractal Asphaltenes Aggregation Model; 3.4. Yen Model (Later Modified by Mullins) for Asphaltenes Aggregation; 3.5. Continuum Compositional Models for Crudes; 3.6. Supramolecular Model for Asphaltenes; 4. ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES FOR ASPHALTENES STUDIES; 4.1. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in Reservoir Fluids and Its Influence on the Stability of Asphaltenes; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: ASPHALTENES AND CRUDE OIL FOULING; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Oil
SaturatesAromatics; Resins; Asphaltenes; Problems Caused by Asphaltenes; State of Asphaltenes in Oil; Precipitation and Flocculation; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON ASPHALTENES PRECIPITATION AND SOLUBILITY; PREDICTING ASPHALTENES PRECIPITATION AND SOLUBILITY; HEITHAUS TEST METHOD; HILDEBRAND SOLUBILITY PARAMETER; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; Chapter 3: THERMAL DEGRADATION OF ASPHALTENE BY MSSV PYROLYSIS: DETERMINING ORIGINAL BIOMARKERS FROM SEVERELY BIODEGRADED OILS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; Asphaltenes Precipitation; MSSV Pyrolysis; Biomarker Analyses
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONDIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMPOSITION OF ASPHALTENE PYROLYSATES AND NATURAL OILS; CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT MATURITY PARAMETERS OBTAINED BY MSSV PYROLYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND BIOLOGICAL INPUT; CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT PETROLEUM SYSTEM: OIL-OIL AND OIL-SOURCE ROCK CORRELATIONS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: MAGNETITE-SILICA NANOPARTICLES WITH A CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE FOR INHIBITING THE FORMATION DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE PRECIPITATION/DEPOSITION OF ASPHALTENE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ASPHALTENE FORMATION DAMAGE OVERVIEW
3. NANOPARTICLES FOR INHIBITING ASPHALTENE FORMATION DAMAGE4. MATERIALS AND METHODS; 4.1. Materials; 4.2. Methods; 4.2.1. Synthesis of Nanoparticles; 4.2.1.1. Silica Nanoparticles; 4.2.1.2. Magnetite Nanoparticles; 4.2.1.3. Magnetite-Silica Core-Shell Nanoparticles; 4.2.2. Characterization of Nanoparticles; 4.2.2.1. Particle Size; 4.2.2.2. Surface Area; 4.2.2.3. X-Ray Diffraction (XRD); 4.2.2.4. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR); 4.2.2.5. Curie Temperature; 4.2.3. n-C7 Asphaltene Isolation; 4.2.4. Batch Adsorption Tests; 4.2.5. n-C7 Asphaltene Aggregation/Fragmentation Kinetics