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Crude Oil Fouling

Author Geoffrey Hewitt , Francesco Coletti
Release Date: 2014/11/01
ISBN: 9780128012567
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With production from unconventional rigs continuing to escalate and refineries grappling with the challenges of shale and heavier oil feedstocks, petroleum engineers and refinery managers must ensure that equipment used with today’s crude oil is protected from fouling deposits Crude Oil Fouling addresses this overarching challenge for the petroleum community with clear explanations on what causes fouling, current models and new approaches to evaluate and study the formation of deposits, and how today’s models could be applied from lab experiment to onsite field usability for not just the refinery,  but for the rig, platform, or pipeline.

Crude Oil Fouling is a must-have reference for every petroleum engineer’s library that gives the basic framework needed to analyze, model, and integrate the best fouling strategies and operations for crude oil systems.

  • Defines the most critical variables and events that cause fouling
  • Explains the consequences of fouling and its impact on operations, safety, and economics
  • Provides the technical models available to better predict and eliminate the potential for fouling in any crude system

Table of Contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Nomenclature
  8. Chapter One. Introduction
    1. 1.1. Crude Distillation Units in Oil Refineries
    2. 1.2. Impact of Fouling on Crude Distillation Units
    3. 1.3. Concluding Remarks
  9. Chapter Two. Basic Science of the Fouling Process
    1. 2.1. Fouling Mechanisms
    2. 2.2. Routes to Crude Oil Fouling Formation
    3. 2.3. Events in Crude Oil Fouling
    4. 2.4. Variables Affecting Fouling
    5. 2.5. Conclusions
  10. Chapter Three. Experimental Generation of Fouling Deposits
    1. 3.1. Small Scale, Accelerated Conditions: Microbomb Fouling Tests
    2. 3.2. Batch System: Stirred Cell at the University of Bath
    3. 3.3. Large-Scale Experiments in Flow Systems
  11. Chapter Four. Deposit Characterization and Measurements
    1. 4.1. Analysis of Field Fouling Deposits from Crude Heat Exchangers
    2. 4.2. Chemical Structure and Molecular Weight Characterization
    3. 4.3. Chemical Imaging of Deposited Foulants and Asphaltenes
    4. 4.4. Fluid Dynamic Gauging: Thickness and Strength Measurements
  12. Chapter Five. Modeling of Fouling from Molecular to Plant Scale
    1. 5.1. Review of Heat Exchanger Design Methodologies and Mathematical Models of Fouling
    2. 5.2. Thermodynamic and Molecular Modeling
    3. 5.3. Fundamental Transport Modeling
    4. 5.4. Industrial Scale High-Fidelity Modeling
  13. Chapter Six. Concluding Remarks
  14. Appendix 1
  15. References
  16. Index
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