This webinar reviews the application of real time, in-process particle and droplet measurement tools to avoid processing problems in the following R&D and full scale production applications:- Control asphaltene and wax precipitation in dark crude oil
- Improve oil-water and water-oil separation through in-process droplet measurements
- Visualize and inhibit gas hydrate formation to ensure consistent flow rates
- Control drilling fluid suspensions and emulsions for improved efficiency
Hydrocarbon pipeline flow is typically a complex multi-phase system comprised of bubbles, droplets, and particles including asphaltenes, waxes, gas hydrates, emulsions, and inorganic particles. To control separations, flow, and process efficiency analytical measurements are often applied by petroleum engineers and chemists. Yet extreme temperature and pressure conditions make offline sampling and analysis difficult and time consuming. Offline measurements can also alter or destroy multiphase components and cannot be applied to make real-time process optimization and control decisions. With the implementation of inline particle characterization technology, particle or droplet phase behavior can be measured quickly, in real time, without pulling samples.
Webinar Presenter
Your online presenter, Dr. Anjan Pandey, is a Technology and Application Consultant for FBRM® and PVM® particle size distribution tools. Anjan has extensive experience working with scientists and engineers in a range of industries on particle characterization projects. Anjan received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN where his thesis work focused on aggregation characterization of proteins.
Related topics: asphaltene, gas hydrates, flow assurance, petro, petroleum, particle size distribution, PSD, crystal size distribution, CSD, emulsions, oil water separations, O/W separations, W/O separations, separators, drilling mud, drilling fluid, process analytical technology, pat, wax, bitumen, crude oil, precipitation, dispersants, catalyst, crystallization, inorganic particles, iC FBRM™, iC software, FBRM®, PVM®, Focused Beam Reflectance Measurement, Particle Vision Measurement