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 Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv List of Contributors, Pages vii-viii, John Chew, Francesco Coletti, Barry D. Crittenden, Andrew J. Haslam, Geoffrey F. Hewitt, George Jackson, Guadalupe Jimenez-Serratos, Himanshu M. Joshi, Sergei G. Kazarian, Sandro Macchietto, Omar K. Matar, Marcos Millan-Agorio, Erich A. Müller, Khairul Rostani, Daniele Sileri, Feng H. Tay, Silvia Venditti, Junfeng Yang, Mengyan Yang Preface, Pages ix-x, G.F. Hewitt, F. Coletti Nomenclature, Pages xi-xvii Chapter One - Introduction, Pages 1-22, F. Coletti, H.M. Joshi, S. Macchietto, G.F. Hewitt Chapter Two - Basic Science of the Fouling Process, Pages 23-50, F. Coletti, B.D. Crittenden, S. Macchietto Chapter Three - Experimental Generation of Fouling Deposits, Pages 51-94, B.D. Crittenden, G.F. Hewitt, M. Millan-Agorio, K. Rostani, S. Venditti, M. Yang Chapter Four - Deposit Characterization and Measurements, Pages 95-178, J. Chew, H.M. Joshi, S.G. Kazarian, M. Millan-Agorio, F.H. Tay, S. Venditti Chapter Five - Modeling of Fouling from Molecular to Plant Scale, Pages 179-320, F. Coletti, B.D. Crittenden, A.J. Haslam, G.F. Hewitt, G. Jackson, G. Jimenez-Serratos, S. Macchietto, O.K. Matar, E.A. Müller, D. Sileri, J. Yang Chapter Six - Concluding Remarks, Pages 321-323, F. Coletti, G.F. Hewitt Appendix 1, Pages 325-328 References, Pages 329-360 Index, Pages 361-366

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

"Nearly every gallon (or litre!) of fuel which is used in transport vehicles (cars, trucks, trains, aeroplanes etc.) is derived from oil which is extracted in the crude state from oil wells and which is then processed in an oil refinery to yield the required transport fuel (gasoline, diesel, kerosene etc). The first task in the refinery is to separate these useful fuels from the crude oil by the process of distillation in which the components of the oil are separated on the basis of their volatility. Of course, the components of crude oil which are of volatility too low to allow them to be used as fuels are also separated in the distillation process and can be either directly used (for example as lubricating or fuel oils) or can be chemically converted to more volatile materials"-- Résumé de l'éditeur "Nearly every gallon (or litre!) of fuel which is used in transport vehicles (cars, trucks, trains, aeroplanes etc.) is derived from oil which is extracted in the crude state from oil wells and which is then processed in an oil refinery to yield the required transport fuel (gasoline, diesel, kerosene etc). The first task in the refinery is to separate these useful fuels from the crude oil by the process of distillation in which the components of the oil are separated on the basis of their volatility. Of course, the components of crude oil which are of volatility too low to allow them to be used as fuels are also separated in the distillation process and can be either directly used (for example as lubricating or fuel oils) or can be chemically converted to more volatile materials"-- Provided by publisher