Petroleum Engineering
Experimental Analysis of the Effect of Microwaves on the Oil Properties in the Presence of Different Minerals

Bardiya Yazdani; Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani

Volume 11, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 67-79

https://doi.org/10.22050/ijogst.2023.368047.1659

Abstract
  This research aims to investigate the effect of microwaves on the physical and chemical properties of heavy crude oil in the presence of different minerals. In this regard, the physical and chemical changes of the oil and rock powder (sand and carbonate) mixture are investigated by microwave radiation. ...  Read More

Petroleum Engineering
Relationship between Asphaltene Adsorption on the Surface of Nanoparticles and Asphaltene Precipitation Inhibition During Real Crude Oil Natural Depletion Tests

Yaser Ahmadi

Volume 10, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 69-82

https://doi.org/10.22050/ijogst.2021.136325

Abstract
  Using nanoparticles for adsorbing asphaltene is an efficient method for upgrading actual oil samples compared to other expensive mechanical treatments or even solvents, such as n-pentane and n-heptane, and surfactants. This study uses nickel–zeolite oxide nanoparticles for asphaltene adsorption ...  Read More

Petroleum Engineering
Preparation of Nickel Oxide Supported Zeolite Catalyst (NiO/Na-ZSm-5) for Asphaltene Adsorption: A Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study

Mohsen Mansouri; Mehdi Parhiz; Behrouz Bayati; Yaser Ahmadi

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2021, , Pages 63-89

https://doi.org/10.22050/ijogst.2021.257740.1571

Abstract
  One of the critical issues in the oil industry is related to asphaltene precipitation during different stages, and using nanoparticles is known as a standard method for solving this problem. Although nickel oxide and zeolite have been addressed in previous research to solve the asphaltene precipitation ...  Read More

Petroleum Engineering
Mechanistic Study of Effect of Ultrasonic Radiation on Asphaltenic Crude Oils

Seyed Mohammadreza Mousavi; Saeed Jafari; Mahin Schaffie; Saeid Norouzi Apourvari

Volume 9, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 45-67

https://doi.org/10.22050/ijogst.2020.246788.1562

Abstract
  Ultrasonic irradiation is a new, economic, and environmentally friendly technique for treating asphaltene aggregation in petroleum industry. In this study, the effect of ultrasonic radiation on asphaltene formation is investigated using conventional optical microscopy, viscosity measurement, and Fourier-transform ...  Read More

Chemical Engineering
An Experimental Investigation and Prediction of Asphaltene Deposition during Laminar Flow in the Pipes Using a Heat Transfer Approach

Farhad Salimi; Shahab Ayatollahi; Mohsen Vafaie Seftie

Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2017, , Pages 17-32

https://doi.org/10.22050/ijogst.2017.47414

Abstract
  In this study, asphaltene deposition from crude oil has experimentally and theoretically been studied using a test loop and an accurate temperature monitoring during a laminar flow. The effects of oil velocity and surface temperature on the thickness of asphaltene deposition were investigated. The results ...  Read More

A Novel Technique for Determination of the Onset of Alkane Induced Asphaltene Precipitation Using Accurate Density Measurements

Mahdi Kalantari Meybodi; Jamshid Moghadasi

Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2016, , Pages 25-35

https://doi.org/10.22050/ijogst.2016.41573

Abstract
  Onset of asphaltene precipitation is the key parameter in dealing with asphaltene problems because it is the starting point of the asphaltene separation from the solution. In this study, a new technique is provided based on the experimental observations for the determination of the onset of asphaltene ...  Read More

Assessing the Asphaltene Adsorption on Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

Fatemeh Amin; Ali Reza Solaimany Nazar

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2016, , Pages 62-72

https://doi.org/10.22050/ijogst.2015.38531

Abstract
  The Taguchi design of experiments (DOE) approach is adopted here to evaluate the impact ofeffective factors such as nanoparticles type, nanoparticles to model solution mass ratio, asphaltenestructure, and temperature on asphaltene adsorption equilibrium. Herein, the toluene-asphaltenesolution model is ...  Read More