Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes

Deposition of asphaltenes precipitates potentially clog the oil well, block the production pipelines and causes catalyst deactivation during refining of the crude. Hence, remediation of the asphaltenes deposition is warranted. Different types of chemicals have been investigated and applied to act as...

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Main Authors: Yunus, N.M.M., Dhevarajan, S., Wilfred, C.D.
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Published: Elsevier B.V. 2022
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spelling my.utp.eprints.333322022-07-26T08:19:03Z Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes Yunus, N.M.M. Dhevarajan, S. Wilfred, C.D. Deposition of asphaltenes precipitates potentially clog the oil well, block the production pipelines and causes catalyst deactivation during refining of the crude. Hence, remediation of the asphaltenes deposition is warranted. Different types of chemicals have been investigated and applied to act as an asphaltenes stabilisers, either by means of inhibition, dispersant or both. In this paper, the effect of three different sulfonate ionic liquids (ILs) towards asphaltenes particles in toluene: heptane mixture was investigated. The characteristics of asphaltenes isolated form the crude oil before and after treatment with ILs was studied. Asphaltenes aggregation and kinetics were further investigated with dodecylsulfate DDS coupled with hydrophobic moiety on the anion. The results showed that methyltrioctylammonium dodecylsulfate MTOADDS was able to limit the growth of asphaltenes aggregates by reducing the size of the aggregates, hence showing the potential of MTOADDS to be applied as asphaltenes dispersant. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. Elsevier B.V. 2022 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85131721472&doi=10.1016%2fj.molliq.2022.119567&partnerID=40&md5=2d6455481f89bbfb63cf11ab1f905c3d Yunus, N.M.M. and Dhevarajan, S. and Wilfred, C.D. (2022) Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 360 . http://eprints.utp.edu.my/33332/
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description Deposition of asphaltenes precipitates potentially clog the oil well, block the production pipelines and causes catalyst deactivation during refining of the crude. Hence, remediation of the asphaltenes deposition is warranted. Different types of chemicals have been investigated and applied to act as an asphaltenes stabilisers, either by means of inhibition, dispersant or both. In this paper, the effect of three different sulfonate ionic liquids (ILs) towards asphaltenes particles in toluene: heptane mixture was investigated. The characteristics of asphaltenes isolated form the crude oil before and after treatment with ILs was studied. Asphaltenes aggregation and kinetics were further investigated with dodecylsulfate DDS coupled with hydrophobic moiety on the anion. The results showed that methyltrioctylammonium dodecylsulfate MTOADDS was able to limit the growth of asphaltenes aggregates by reducing the size of the aggregates, hence showing the potential of MTOADDS to be applied as asphaltenes dispersant. © 2022 Elsevier B.V.
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author Yunus, N.M.M.
Dhevarajan, S.
Wilfred, C.D.
spellingShingle Yunus, N.M.M.
Dhevarajan, S.
Wilfred, C.D.
Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes
author_facet Yunus, N.M.M.
Dhevarajan, S.
Wilfred, C.D.
author_sort Yunus, N.M.M.
title Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes
title_short Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes
title_full Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes
title_fullStr Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes
title_full_unstemmed Studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes
title_sort studies on the effect of sulfonate based ionic liquids on asphaltenes
publisher Elsevier B.V.
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