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Modeling and Scaling of the Viscosity of Suspensions of Asphaltene Nanoaggregates
The scaling and modeling of the viscosity of suspensions of asphaltene nanoaggregates is carried out successfully taking into consideration the solvation and clustering of nanoaggragates, and the jamming of the suspension at the glass transition volume ...
Rajinder Pal
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Asphaltene-Derived Metal-Free Carbons for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
The design of new and improved catalysts is an exciting field and is being constantly improved for the development of economically, highly efficient material and for the possible replacement of platinum (Pt)-based catalysts.
Jayashree Swaminathan (2527669) +15 more
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Isolation of Asphaltene-Degrading Bacteria from Sludge Oil
Sludge oil contains 30%–50% hydrocarbon fractions that comprise saturated fractions, aromatics, resins, and asphaltene. Asphaltene fraction is the most persistent fraction.
Pingkan Aditiawati +1 more
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Asphaltene-Based Porous Carbon Nanosheet as Electrode for Supercapacitor
Asphaltene with high aromaticity derived from coal direct liquefaction residue is a favorable precursor to prepare new carbon materials because it is easy to polymerize or cross link.
Xiaodong Tian +7 more
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Mechanism of wettability alteration, interfacial tension reduction, and oil recovery by novel nanocomposite. Abstract The development of stable nanofluids (NFs) for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) relies on optimizing interactions between reservoir rocks and fluids.
Ehsan Jafarbeigi +2 more
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Kinetic and reaction pathway of upgrading asphaltene in supercritical water
Experiments of upgrading asphaltene in Supercritical Water (SCW) were conducted in autoclaves with sealed gold tube reactors to elucidate the reaction pathway and reaction kinetics.
Li, Ning, Yan, Bo, Xiao, Xian-Ming
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It is well-known that asphaltenes are a polydisperse fraction present in crude oil with a broad distribution of sizes and molecular characteristics. However, in practice, asphaltenes are often treated both in the laboratory and in modeling work as a ...
Francisco M. Vargas (1358826) +3 more
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Assessing the Asphaltene Adsorption on Metal Oxide Nanoparticles [PDF]
The Taguchi design of experiments (DOE) approach is adopted here to evaluate the impact ofeffective factors such as nanoparticles type, nanoparticles to model solution mass ratio, asphaltenestructure, and temperature on asphaltene adsorption equilibrium.
Fatemeh Amin, Ali Reza Solaimany Nazar
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Key improvements obtained by incorporating nanoparticles into a lab‐scale SAGD process configuration. The bar plots show enhanced oil recovery, reduced viscosity, and increased asphaltene adsorption in nanoparticle‐assisted scenarios compared with conventional SAGD.
Luis Prada +6 more
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Computer Simulation of Asphaltenes
The review describes theoretical approaches based on computer simulations at various levels of details (from quantum chemical calculations to atomistic and coarse-grained models) to study asphaltenes and systems containing asphaltenes. The used methods are described, their advantages and disadvantages are discussed in terms of computational costs and ...
S. V. Lyulin +9 more
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