Characterization of Petroleum Macromolecules

P3-77. Water-soluble hydrocarbons in petroleum. Michael J. McAlduff, David G. Zinz, Heather D. Dettman

P3-78. Metal speciation in vacuum residues by LC-ICP MS coupling. Application on hydroconversion processes. Isabelle Merdrignac, Guilhem Caumette, Charles-Philippe Lienemann, Brice Bouyssiere, Ryszard Lobinski

P3-79. Molecular dynamics simulation of asphaltene models in organic solvents. Jackeline da Silva Coelho Oliveira, Lina Constanza Navarro Quintero, Magaly Girão Albuquerque, Peter Rudolf Seidl, Kátia Zaccur Leal

P3-80. Asphaltene structural models simulated by molecular dynamics. Jackeline da Silva Coelho Oliveira, Eric Lindgren, Magaly Girão Albuquerque, Peter Rudolf Seidl, Kátia Zaccur Leal

P3-81. Prediction of hydrocarbon molecular structure using infrared, Raman, and NMR spectroscopy. Collins Obiosa-Maife, J.M. Shaw

P3-82. Asphaltenes and maltenes characterization of aromatic residue from heavy crude oil. Elena Alvarez, Gustavo Marroquín, Fernando Trejo

Flow Assurance

P3-83. Characterization of sludge samples in chain petroleum industry. The impact of inorganic solids. Rogerio M. Carvalho, Flavio A. Zuim, Márcia C. Khalil de Oliveira, Humberto E. Lopes, Gloria M. S. Lucas

P3-84. Understanding asphaltene deposition at low degrees of destabilization. Michael P. Hoepfner, Tabish Maqboo, H. Scott Fogler

P3-85. Experimental study on wax deposition using a test flow loop under laminar flow conditions for single oil phase flow. Jing Gong, Yu Zhang, Pengyu Wang, Kun Wang, Yuan Fang

P3-86. Critical Restarting Time Window -wax concentration effect for reducing waxy crude transportation risk. Jamal M Ibrahim, Intan Khalida Salleh, Peter Toma

P3-87. Effect of ageing on asphaltene inhibitor product recommendation. Priyanka Juyal, Van N Le, Andrew T Yen and Stephan J Allenson

P3-88. Chemical mitigation of calcium naphthenate deposits and sodium carboxylate emulsions by interface crowding inhibitors. Mohammed M. Ahmed, K. S. Sorbie, J.P. Vijn

P3-89. Self-lubricated flow of heavy oils. Adrián González-Villanueva, Aldo E. Gasca-Montaño, Sergio E. Quiñones-Cisneros

P3-90. Improvement of flow ability of oils by Poly(maleic acid alkylamide-co-α-olefin-co-styrene). Jun Xu, Jingjing Xu, Shili Xing, Xuhong Guo

Chemistry and Physics of Petroleum-Water Emulsions/Interfaces

P3-91 Ionic liquids as demulsifier formulations of heavy and extra-heavy Mexican crude oils. Eugenio A. Flores, Laura V. Castro, Arquimedes Estrada  J. Gonzalo Hernandez, Alfonso Lopez, Flavio Vazquez

P3-92. Studies on crude oil-water biphasic mixtures by low field NMR. Renzo C. Silva, Giovanna F. Carneiro, Lúcio L. Barbosa, Valdemar Lacerda Jr., Jair C. C. Freitas, Eustáquio V. R. de Castro

P3-93. On the stability of bitumen-in-water emulsions. Thomas Czubak, Alexander Böker

P3-94. Wettability in carbonates: the effect of water-soluble carboxylic acids in crude oil. S. Jafar Fathi, Tor Austad  Skule Strand

P3-95. Multiscale modeling of industrial emulsions: fundamentals and applications of random chemistry in asphaltene dispersions. Johannes G.E. M. (Hans) Fraaije, JanWillem Handgraaf, Simon McGrother, Shyamal Nath

P3-96. Enhanced oil-water separation with a novel centrifugal separator. Jinwen Wang, Eric M.V. Hoek

P3-97. Stability of emulsion from bio-oil and diesel oil and combustion experimental study of emulsion. Huang Yaji, Zhong Zhaoping, Jin Baosheng, Li Bin, Sun Yu

P3-98. Oil-water separation in wash tank processes: effect of the water leg. Jean-Philippe Lebrun, Benjamin Brocart, Thierry Palermo

P3-99. Asphaltene adsorption on metal surfaces: kinetics and thermodynamics. Jamilia O. Safieva, Yulia S. Shevcova, Victor V. Likhatsky, Rustem Z. Syunyaev

P3-100. New developments in microwave demulsification of crude oil emulsions: Ionic liquids as demulsifiers. Montserrat Fortuny, Rita C.B. Lemos, Elisângela B. da Silva, Adélia Santos, Cláudio Dariva, Regina C. L. Guimarães, Bianca M. S. Ferreira, Ricardo A. Guarnieri, Alexandre F. Santos

Physical Properties of Heavy Oils, Asphaltenes and Waxes

P3-101. Characterization of asphaltenes separated physically and chemically using small-angle X-Ray scattering. Jesús Amundaraín, John Shaw

P3-102. Application and experimental validation of the One-Third rule in determining viscosity and surface tension of crude oil systems. Francisco Vargas, Ghada Bassionia

P3-103. Phase behavior representation of oil-asphaltene-propane mixtures during the supercritical process deasphalting. Ayda Karina León Ayala, Maria Regina Wolf Maciel

P3-104. Unsteady states in non-equilibrium and non-linear two-phase flow through a porous medium. Mars M. Khasanov, Guzel T. Bulgakova, Aleksey G. Telin,  Alfir T. Akhmetov

P3-105. Pressure drop and CO₂ injection effects on asphaltenes stability in a live oil. C. Ziglio, H. Carrier, G. González, F. Cardoso, J. Pauly, J.L. Daridon

P3-106. Continuous thermodynamics computational approach for correlating thermal properties of heavy and ultra heavy petroleum fractions by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).  O.J Celis, L.P. Tovar, A.L. Jardini, Filho R. Maciel, M.R. Wolf Maciel

P3-107. New tuning method to improve heavy oil viscosity prediction with friction theory. Ashutosh Kumar, Amr Henni, Ezeddin Shirif.  University of Regina

P3-108. Liquid-liquid equilibria of {wax+aromatic+furfural+co-solvent} and simulation with NRTL. Majid Dastanian Mohammad Amin Gholamzadeh, Seyed Mousa Fakhr-Hoseini

P3-109. Determination of True Boiling Point curves of heavy and extra heavy oils using a manual distillation system from University of Espírito Santo. Majorie M. Malacarne, Mariana F. B. Mota, Vinícius M. D. L de Almeida, Eustáquio V. R. de Castro, Reginaldo B. dos Santos, Lílian C. Medina

P3-110. On the equilibrium shapes of asphaltenes in solvents. Pawel Peczak

P3-111. Temperature and solvent effect on molecular size and shape of heavy oil fractions. Wenpo Ren, Honggang Chen, Chaohe Yang, Honghong Shan. China University of Petroleum Qingdao

P3-113. Conventional cubic equation-of-state modeling of the phase behavior of bitumen and solvents. J. Modaresghazani, M.A. Satyro, H.W. Yarranton

Upgrading and Fouling

P3-114. Fluid catalytic cracking simulation performance study using factorial design. José F. Cuadros, Delba C. Melo, Maria R. Wolf Maciel, Rubens Maciel Filho

P3-115. Using insights into the factors influencing fouling rates in exchangers handling crude oil in the selection of appropriate heat exchanger technology. Graham T. Polley  View Presentation

P3-116. Dynamic visual desalting simulation. Keith L. Gawrys, Thomas A. Olivers

P3-117. Advancements in large scale application of ultrasonic cleaning in removal of refinery fouling Tom McCartney, Shawn Smith

P3-118. Asphaltenes, waxes, emulsions, and oil suspensions: Inline particle and droplet measurements in dark crude oil. Benjamin Smith, Des O’Grady, Eric Hukkanen, Anjan Pandey   View Presentation