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Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability

Wax deposition is considered one of the most serious operational issues in the crude oil pipelines. This issue occurs when the crude oil temperature decreases below the temperature of wax appearance and paraffin wax starts to precipitate on the pipelines’ inner walls. As a result, the crude oil flow...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Elganidi, Basem, Elarbe, Norida, Ridzuan, Norhayati, Abdullah
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Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2022
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QD Chemistry
T Technology (General)
TP Chemical technology
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33361/1/Synthesis%2C%20characterisation%20and%20pre-evaluation%20of%20a%20novel%20terpolymer%20as%20pour%20point.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33361/
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-021-01445-2
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spelling my.ump.umpir.333612023-12-18T03:08:37Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33361/ Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability Ibrahim, Elganidi Basem, Elarbe Norida, Ridzuan Norhayati, Abdullah QD Chemistry T Technology (General) TP Chemical technology Wax deposition is considered one of the most serious operational issues in the crude oil pipelines. This issue occurs when the crude oil temperature decreases below the temperature of wax appearance and paraffin wax starts to precipitate on the pipelines’ inner walls. As a result, the crude oil flow is impeded because of the precipitated wax. The use of polymeric pour point depressants has obtained significant interest among researchers as an approach of wax control for enhancing the flowability of the waxy crude oil. PPD of poly(behenyl acrylate -co-stearyl methacrylate-co- maleic anhydride) (BA-co-SMA-co-MA) was facilely synthesised by the use of free radical polymerisation. The variation of the PPD structure was studied by choosing several essential parameters like monomers ratio, reaction time, initiator concentration, and reaction temperature. Furthermore, viscosity measurement, pour point, and cold finger apparatus have been employed to evaluate the efficiency of the synthesised Polymer. The chemical structure of poly(BA-co-SMA-co-MA) has been identified through the use of Fourier transform infrared as well as nuclear magnetic resonance. The experimental findings demonstrated that the ideal conditions for obtaining the highest yield were 1.5% initiator concentration, reaction time and temperature of 8 h and 100 °C, respectively, and monomer ratio of 1:1:1 (BA:SMA:MA). Under these ideal conditions, the prepared terpolymer reduced the crude oil viscosity at 30 °C and 1500 ppm from 7.2 to 3.2 mPa.s. The cold finger experiment demonstrated that after poly(BA-co-SMA-co-MA) was used as a wax inhibitor, the maximum efficiency of paraffin inhibition of 45.6% was achieved at 200 rpm and 5 °C. Besides, the best performance in depressing the pour point by ΔPP 14 ℃ observed at the concentration of 1500 ppm, which can change the growth characteristics of wax crystals and delay the aggregation of asphaltene and resin, thus effectively improving the flowability of crude oil. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2022-07 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33361/1/Synthesis%2C%20characterisation%20and%20pre-evaluation%20of%20a%20novel%20terpolymer%20as%20pour%20point.pdf Ibrahim, Elganidi and Basem, Elarbe and Norida, Ridzuan and Norhayati, Abdullah (2022) Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 12 (7). 2067 -2081. ISSN 2190-0558. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-021-01445-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-021-01445-2
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topic QD Chemistry
T Technology (General)
TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle QD Chemistry
T Technology (General)
TP Chemical technology
Ibrahim, Elganidi
Basem, Elarbe
Norida, Ridzuan
Norhayati, Abdullah
Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability
description Wax deposition is considered one of the most serious operational issues in the crude oil pipelines. This issue occurs when the crude oil temperature decreases below the temperature of wax appearance and paraffin wax starts to precipitate on the pipelines’ inner walls. As a result, the crude oil flow is impeded because of the precipitated wax. The use of polymeric pour point depressants has obtained significant interest among researchers as an approach of wax control for enhancing the flowability of the waxy crude oil. PPD of poly(behenyl acrylate -co-stearyl methacrylate-co- maleic anhydride) (BA-co-SMA-co-MA) was facilely synthesised by the use of free radical polymerisation. The variation of the PPD structure was studied by choosing several essential parameters like monomers ratio, reaction time, initiator concentration, and reaction temperature. Furthermore, viscosity measurement, pour point, and cold finger apparatus have been employed to evaluate the efficiency of the synthesised Polymer. The chemical structure of poly(BA-co-SMA-co-MA) has been identified through the use of Fourier transform infrared as well as nuclear magnetic resonance. The experimental findings demonstrated that the ideal conditions for obtaining the highest yield were 1.5% initiator concentration, reaction time and temperature of 8 h and 100 °C, respectively, and monomer ratio of 1:1:1 (BA:SMA:MA). Under these ideal conditions, the prepared terpolymer reduced the crude oil viscosity at 30 °C and 1500 ppm from 7.2 to 3.2 mPa.s. The cold finger experiment demonstrated that after poly(BA-co-SMA-co-MA) was used as a wax inhibitor, the maximum efficiency of paraffin inhibition of 45.6% was achieved at 200 rpm and 5 °C. Besides, the best performance in depressing the pour point by ΔPP 14 ℃ observed at the concentration of 1500 ppm, which can change the growth characteristics of wax crystals and delay the aggregation of asphaltene and resin, thus effectively improving the flowability of crude oil.
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author Ibrahim, Elganidi
Basem, Elarbe
Norida, Ridzuan
Norhayati, Abdullah
author_facet Ibrahim, Elganidi
Basem, Elarbe
Norida, Ridzuan
Norhayati, Abdullah
author_sort Ibrahim, Elganidi
title Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability
title_short Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability
title_full Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability
title_fullStr Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the Malaysian crude oil flowability
title_sort synthesis, characterisation and pre-evaluation of a novel terpolymer as pour point depressants to improve the malaysian crude oil flowability
publisher Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
publishDate 2022
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33361/1/Synthesis%2C%20characterisation%20and%20pre-evaluation%20of%20a%20novel%20terpolymer%20as%20pour%20point.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/33361/
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-021-01445-2
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-021-01445-2
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