Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension

Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension

This paper presents a method of cleaning paraffinic crude oil sludge from storage tanks by shearing and resuspension using an in-line jet mixer. An explanation is presented of why sludge deposition occurs in storage tanks that contain paraffinic crude oil. Conventional methods of tank cleaning are d...

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Main Authors: Dundr Zdenek, Heath Greg M., Heath Robert A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Technical University of Kosice 2004-09-01
Series:Acta Montanistica Slovaca
Subjects:
paraffinic sludge reduction
Online Access:http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2004/n3/9heath.pdf
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spelling doaj-4245a3e452f240c9895055ce8cd7098e2020-11-25T01:03:25ZengTechnical University of Kosice Acta Montanistica Slovaca1335-17882004-09-0193184188Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspensionDundr ZdenekHeath Greg M.Heath Robert A.This paper presents a method of cleaning paraffinic crude oil sludge from storage tanks by shearing and resuspension using an in-line jet mixer. An explanation is presented of why sludge deposition occurs in storage tanks that contain paraffinic crude oil. Conventional methods of tank cleaning are discussed. A theory regarding the behaviour of a submerged fluid jet is presented and the concept of critical energy minimum is established.This paper presents a method used to successfully clean a crude oil storage tank using an in-line jet mixer and the results of a practical case study are presented.http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2004/n3/9heath.pdfparaffinic sludge reduction
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Heath Greg M.
Heath Robert A.
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Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension
Acta Montanistica Slovaca
paraffinic sludge reduction
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Heath Greg M.
Heath Robert A.
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title Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension
title_short Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension
title_full Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension
title_fullStr Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension
title_full_unstemmed Paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension
title_sort paraffinic sludge reduction in crude oil storage tanks through the use of shearing and resuspension
publisher Technical University of Kosice
series Acta Montanistica Slovaca
issn 1335-1788
publishDate 2004-09-01
description This paper presents a method of cleaning paraffinic crude oil sludge from storage tanks by shearing and resuspension using an in-line jet mixer. An explanation is presented of why sludge deposition occurs in storage tanks that contain paraffinic crude oil. Conventional methods of tank cleaning are discussed. A theory regarding the behaviour of a submerged fluid jet is presented and the concept of critical energy minimum is established.This paper presents a method used to successfully clean a crude oil storage tank using an in-line jet mixer and the results of a practical case study are presented.
topic paraffinic sludge reduction
url http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2004/n3/9heath.pdf
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