THE EFFECT OF ADDITIVES ON POUR AND RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF 650 DEG F FRACTION OF CRUDE OILS AND THEIR BLENDS; ITS RELATIONSHIP TO COMPOSITION

Initial studies carried out with Enjay Chemical Co.'s ester copolymer ECA 4242 additive and low-sulfur, waxy, high-pour residual fuels from three Libyan and one West African crude oil showed that it is cheaper to lower the viscosities and pour points of non-Newtonian residual fuels with additives at the 0.1-0.3% by wt level than to remove the solids; the additive-containing oils behave rheologically like the dewaxed material, i.e., they are almost Newtonian; the lower the total solids and the paraffin content of the fuel, the more responsive it is to additive treatment as measured by the point lowering; and a residual fuel unresponsive to additive treatment can be effectively treated with additives when it is diluted with low-solids stocks.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 163rd ACS National Meeting, Boston, Mass., April 9-14, 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Chemical Society

  Division of Petroleum Chemistry
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Jaruzelski, J J
  • Deane, B C
• Publication Date: 1972-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. A45-A53
• Serial:
  • Publication of: American Chemical Society
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Additives; Drag; Operations; Pipe flow; Pipeline transportation; Polymers
• Old TRIS Terms: Drag reduction; Pipeline operating problems; Polymer additives
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056187
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM