Journal
of Applied Sciences, 2012, Volume: 12, Issue: 23, pages/rec.No: 2479-2483
Relationship
Between SARA Fractions and Crude Oil Fouling
Chandra Mohan Sinnathambi ; Norhusna Mohamad Nor
Abstract:
Focuses
on the influence of SARA (saturates, aromatics, resins and asphaltenes)
fraction on fouling tendencies for four different types of sweet crude oils
obtained from a local Malaysian refinery.
Researchers used a combination of ASTM D3279 and an in-house method
using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) for SARA quantification.
The components were then related to the Colloidal Instability Index (CII),
ratios of resins to asphaltenes (R:A), calculated from the SARA values and
related to the Solubility Number, SBN for each of crude oil. The parameters can
be used to mitigate crude oil fouling.
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