易凝高黏含蜡原油蜡沉积规律及老化现象
Wax deposition and aging of waxy crude oil with high pour point and high viscosity
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摘要: 分别选取含蜡量为20.95%、27.5%、35.0%的3种易凝高黏原油, 利用冷指实验装置进行蜡沉积实验, 并结合高温气相色谱仪分析沉积物组分的变化, 探究了蜡沉积层的老化现象以及温度条件对老化的影响。结果表明: 随着时间的延长, 沉积速率呈增大趋势, 且含蜡量越高的油品增长幅度越大; 随着时间的延长, 高碳数蜡分子不断向沉积层中扩散, 低碳数蜡分子则从沉积层中向油流中反扩散, 即老化过程, 这一过程导致沉积层中的高碳数蜡分子含量不断增加, 低碳数蜡分子比例不断减小, 且高温度区间时的扩散与反扩散作用更加强烈, 相应碳数变化幅度更加明显; 温度区间越低, 沉积层含蜡量的最大值出现时间越早。Abstract: Cold finger experimental device was used for wax deposition experiment on three kinds of crude oil with high pour point and high viscosity with wax content of 20.95%, 27.5% and 35.0% respectively. Moreover, the high temperature gas chromatograph was adopted to analyze the changes of sediment composition, in order to study the aging phenomenon of wax deposition layer and identify the influence of temperature on aging phenomenon. The results show that, over the time, the deposition rate increases, especially to larger extent for the crude oil with larger wax content. As time goes further, the wax molecules with high carbon number diffuse to the deposition layer constantly and the wax molecules with low carbon number back-diffuse from deposition layer to oil flow, presenting the aging process. This process results in the increasing content of wax molecules with high carbon number and decreasing proportion of wax molecules with low carbon number in deposition layer. In the high temperature interval, the diffusion and back-diffusion are stronger and the relative changes of carbon number are more obvious. As temperature lowers, the maximum of waxy content in deposition layer occurs earlier.