Gas void formation in statically cooled waxy crude oil

• Main Authors: Chala, G.T., Sulaiman, S.A., Japper-Jaafar, A., Kamil Wan Abdullah, W.A., Mior Mokhtar, M.M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Masson SAS 2014
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84905582467&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijthermalsci.2014.06.034&partnerID=40&md5=67ae821045aa7ed2800952be5862e846; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/32201/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

If a gel is formed when the flow of waxy crude oil within a pipeline is stopped for a period of time, the required restart pressure may be high and the line is costly to operate. The conventional method of predicting the restart pressure for gelled crude oil assumes a constant yield stress across an...