Abstract
Environmentally friendly methods for oil and gas industries, e.g., use of aromatic and aliphatic based ionic liquids for the efficient dissolution of tank-bottom sludge, heavy crude oil, and pipeline wax deposition, were studied. The enhancement in the solubility of heavy crude oil in solvent and ionic liquids mixture was investigated. The dissolution of heavy crude oil was more in the solution with ionic liquid than with the solvent alone. Solubility of heavy crude oil in the presence of ionic liquids and in the solvents increased about 65% when compared with the solutions of heavy crude oil in solvents without ionic liquids.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 91 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Petroleum Abstracts |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 4 Jun 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Energy