Wax Deposition: Experimental Characterizations, Theoretical Modeling, and Field Practices

Wax Deposition: Experimental Characterizations,Theoretical Modeling,and Field Practices provides a comprehensive overview of wax deposition, including thermodynamic and transport theories, laboratory testing, and field control strategies. It helps flow assurance engineers identify and control the problem of wax deposition, and shows students and researchers how fundamental principles of thermodynamics, heat, and mass transfer can be applied to solve a common problem in the petroleum industry.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Wax Deposition: Experimental Characterizations, Theoretical Modeling, and Field Practices provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge on wax deposition, covering thermodynamic and transport theories, laboratory testing, and field control strategies. It discusses the background of wax deposition, including its cause, magnitude, and impact on petroleum production. The book introduces laboratory techniques and theoretical models to measure and predict key parameters of wax precipitation, such as the wax appearance temperature and the wax precipitation curve. It explains how to conduct and interpret laboratory experiments to benchmark different wax deposition models and to better understand wax deposition behaviors. It presents various models for wax deposition, analyzing their advantages and disadvantages and evaluating the differences between the assumptions used. The book provides numerous examples of how field management strategies for wax deposition can be established based on laboratory testing and modeling work. It aids flow assurance engineers in identifying the severity and controlling the problem of wax deposition and shows students and researchers how fundamental principles of thermodynamics, heat, and mass transfer can be applied to solve a problem common to the petroleum industry.

Weight: 340g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367783495