2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Heavy Oil and Flow Assurance

This session will address fundamental characterization of oils and their bulk and thermodynamic properties including rheological properties. We will also consider contributions about thermodynamic, flow and integrated models, and papers addressing oil compatibility issues.

Chair

Milind Deo, University of Utah

Co-Chair

Michael P. Hoepfner, The University of Utah

Presentations

08:30 AM

(261a) Interfacial Properties of Asphaltenes at Toluene-Water Interface
Sharli Zarkar, Sanjoy Banerjee, Vincent Pauchard

08:55 AM

(261b) Experimental Study and Modeling of the Phase Behavior of Polydisperse Asphaltenes
Mohammad Tavakkoli, Francisco Vargas, Renato F. Evangelista, Fei Wang, Mohan Boggara

09:20 AM

(261c) Moving Away from Critical Parameters: A New Approach to Asphaltenes
Michael P. Hoepfner

09:45 AM

(261d) Dynamic Structure Breakdown and Recovery in Model Wax Systems
James Smay, Deepika Venkataramani, Clint P. Aichele

10:10 AM

(261e) Reducing the Adhesion of Tetrahydrofuran Hydrates Using Durable Hydrate-Phobic CVD Polymers
Hossein Sojoudi, Karen K. Gleason, Gareth. H. McKinley

10:35 AM

(261f) Thermal Options for the Retrofit of Pipelines to Enable Transporting Heavier Oils
Emilio Diaz-Bejarano, Andrey Porsin, Aleksandr Kulikov, Sandro Macchietto