Effects of Crude Palm Oil and Crude Palm Kernel Oil Upon Wax Inhibition
Thevaruban Ragunathan, Hazlina Husin, Colin D. Wood
Abstract
-vinyl acetate) (EVA), and triethanolamine (TEA). It was observed that the average efficiency of 81.67% was obtained when 1% CPO was added to heavy crude oil. The wax inhibition performance reached a plateau after 1.5 h of aging time for all of the investigated samples.
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WaxPalm kernel oilChemistryPulp and paper industryEthylene-vinyl acetateCrude oilPetroleumPalm kernelEnvironmental sciencePetroleum engineeringPalm oilFood scienceOrganic chemistryPolymerCopolymerGeologyEngineeringPetroleum Processing and AnalysisEnhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis