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Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator

Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion is a common production operation problem faced by well operators in the oil and gas industry. The presence of water in oil will induce corrosion, leaching of additives, raise in conductivity and occupy space in the pipeline and separator ineffectively. Emulsion are formed...

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Main Author: Zainalabidin, Muhammad Amirul Luthfi
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Language:English
Published: IRC 2016
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.170662017-01-26T16:06:45Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17066/ Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator Zainalabidin, Muhammad Amirul Luthfi TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion is a common production operation problem faced by well operators in the oil and gas industry. The presence of water in oil will induce corrosion, leaching of additives, raise in conductivity and occupy space in the pipeline and separator ineffectively. Emulsion are formed when oil and water are produced along under great amount of agitation or turbulence. Agitation or turbulence is needed for crude oil emulsion to form, but if the agitation could be controlled, it may help in de-emulsifying. The agitation or turbulence have to be kept at average to achieve a good coalescing conditions. However, excessive agitation or turbulence may result intense emulsification and retard the water droplet settling. Therefore, range of agitated turbulence, operating temperature and emulsion treatment duration have to be assessed to study the stability behaviour of crude oil emulsion. Twelve emulsion samples were prepared with water-to-oil ratio of (30:70) and treated with varying parameters that includes the agitation speed, operating temperature and emulsion treatment duration. IRC 2016-05 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17066/1/Effect%20of%20Agitated%20Turbulence%20on%20Demulsification%20of%20Crude%20Oil%20Emulsions%20in%20Production%20Separator.pdf Zainalabidin, Muhammad Amirul Luthfi (2016) Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator. IRC, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Submitted)
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Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator
description Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion is a common production operation problem faced by well operators in the oil and gas industry. The presence of water in oil will induce corrosion, leaching of additives, raise in conductivity and occupy space in the pipeline and separator ineffectively. Emulsion are formed when oil and water are produced along under great amount of agitation or turbulence. Agitation or turbulence is needed for crude oil emulsion to form, but if the agitation could be controlled, it may help in de-emulsifying. The agitation or turbulence have to be kept at average to achieve a good coalescing conditions. However, excessive agitation or turbulence may result intense emulsification and retard the water droplet settling. Therefore, range of agitated turbulence, operating temperature and emulsion treatment duration have to be assessed to study the stability behaviour of crude oil emulsion. Twelve emulsion samples were prepared with water-to-oil ratio of (30:70) and treated with varying parameters that includes the agitation speed, operating temperature and emulsion treatment duration.
format Final Year Project
author Zainalabidin, Muhammad Amirul Luthfi
author_facet Zainalabidin, Muhammad Amirul Luthfi
author_sort Zainalabidin, Muhammad Amirul Luthfi
title Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator
title_short Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator
title_full Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator
title_fullStr Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Agitated Turbulence on Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions in Production Separator
title_sort effect of agitated turbulence on demulsification of crude oil emulsions in production separator
publisher IRC
publishDate 2016
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