Thixotropic behavior of a waxy crude oil from the Malay Basin

• Main Authors: Kaur, Jaspreet, Jaafar, A
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7901/1/Jaspreet-IMTCE.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7901/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Some complex materials, polymer solutions and waxy crude oils included, have been discovered to exhibit thixotropic behaviour. Thixotropy is a phenomenon where the viscosity decreases under constant shear rate followed by a gradual recovery over time when the shear rate is removed. All shear thinnin...