A. Boukadi
Laboratoire d Analyse, ETAP, rue des entrepreneurs, la Charguia 2 1002 Tunis, Tunisia
H. Amri
Facult6 des Sciences de Tunis, Campus Universitaire 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
ABSTRACT
The pipeline transportation of waxy crude oils at temperature below their natural pour point carries the risk if the pipeline is shut down and the oil cools statically, an interlocking wax crystals structure can be formed, which could prevent the restart of the line. The addition of additives to waxy crude oils improves their fluidity. This study summarizes the use of five different pour point products at different concentrations to waxy crude oil named K.
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A. Boukadi and H. Amri, 2005. Flow Improvement of a Waxy Crude Oil by Chemical Additive Utilization. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 1131-1136.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.1131.1136
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.1131.1136
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.1131.1136
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2005.1131.1136
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