On the effect of wax content on paraffin wax deposition in a batch oscillatory baffled tube apparatus

• Main Authors: Ismail, Lukman, Westacott, Robin E., Ni, Xiongwei
• Format: Citation Index Journal
• Published: Elsevier 2008
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2986/1/Ismail_et_al_2008.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894707002720; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2986/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Deposition of paraffin wax is one of the major problems facing in the petroleum industries with the main implication being wax blockage in oil and gas pipelines especially for offshore production. The objectives of this work are to investigate the effect of applying oscillatory motion on wax depos...