Crude Oil Fouling: Deposit Characterization, Measurements, and Modeling

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 INDICE: Preface Introduction 1. Fouling in Crude Distillation Units: Basic Science and Economics    a. Crude Distillation Unit in Oil Refineries    b. Impact of Fouling on Crude Distillation Units Chapter 1: Basic Science in the Fouling Process 1.1 Fouling Mechanisms 1.2 Routes of Chemical Reaction Fouling 1.3 Sequential Events in Fouling 1.4 Variables Affecting Fouling Chapter 2: Experimental Generation of Fouling Deposits 2.1 Small Scale, Accelerated Conditions: Micro Bomb Reactor 2.2 Batch Systems: Stirred Cell Apparatus 2.3 Large Scale, In Flow Systems: High Pressure Oil Rig Chapter 3: Deposit Characterization and Measurements 3.1 Methodologies for the Analysis of Fouling Deposits 3.2 Analysis of Lab Generated Fouling Deposits 3.3 Analysis of Refinery Deposits 3.4 Thickness Measurements: Fluid Dynamic Gauge Chapter 4: Modeling of Fouling from Molecular to Plant Scale 4.1 Introduction --Fouling Models --Design, Monitoring and Modeling of Heat Exchangers and their Networks 4.2 Thermodynamic and Molecular Modeling 4.3 Fundamental Transport Modeling in Laminar Flow 4.4 Industrial Scale High Fidelity Modeling 4.5 Operations Aspects of Refinery PHT's Index

• ISBN: 978-0-12-801256-7
• Editorial: Gulf Professional Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 12/11/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés