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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PRECIPITATION ONSET PRESSURE OF ASPHALTENES
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PRECIPITATION ONSET PRESSURE OF ASPHALTENES
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机译:测定沥青质沉淀开始压力的方法和装置
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The optical density of an oil sample at a plurality of wavelengths over a plurality of different (typically decreasing) pressures is monitored and used to find the size of agglomerated asphaltene particles which are precipitating from the oil sample. The optical density information used in finding the particle size is preferably optical density information relating to the scattering of light due to the asphaltene particles only. Thus, baseline optical density information of the oil sample at a high pressure is subtracted from optical density information obtained at test pressures at each wavelength of interest. Asphaltene particles of a radius of one micron and smaller were found to be powdery, while asphaltene particles of a radius of three microns and larger were found to include paving resins. The precipitation of asphaltenes is reversible by increasing the pressure under certain circumstances.
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