Aggregation process of asphaltenes in a Venezuelan crude oil using Confocal Microscopy

Jannett Hung; Jimmy A. Castillo; Sonia Goncalves Abreu; Alberto Fernandez

doi:10.1117/12.526957

19 November 2003 Aggregation process of asphaltenes in a Venezuelan crude oil using Confocal Microscopy

Jannett Hung, Jimmy A. Castillo, Sonia Goncalves Abreu, Alberto Fernandez

Proceedings Volume 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.526957
Event: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, 2002, Florence, Italy

Abstract

The asphaltenes flocculation process in heavy crude oils is a subject of great interest for the oil industry due to the negative effect of this process in the oil extraction. In this work we present the application of the Confocal Microscopy to the study of the aggregation process of asphaltene in crude oils. The advantages of the technique for study of the particles in surface and in the dispersed phase are shown. Confocal images of different shows changes in the behavior of the differents solutions. The results can be related with the stability and the prediction of asphaltene precipitation in crude oils.

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Jannett Hung, Jimmy A. Castillo, Sonia Goncalves Abreu, and Alberto Fernandez "Aggregation process of asphaltenes in a Venezuelan crude oil using Confocal Microscopy", Proc. SPIE 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.526957

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