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@article{Al:2013:10.1016/j.fluid.2013.12.018,
author = {Al, Ghafri SZ and Maitland, GC and Trusler, JPM},
doi = {10.1016/j.fluid.2013.12.018},
journal = {Fluid Phase Equilibria},
pages = {20--40},
title = {Experimental and modeling study of the phase behavior of synthetic crude oil + CO2},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2013.12.018},
volume = {365},
year = {2013}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - A full understanding of the phase behavior of CO2–hydrocarbon mixtures at reservoir conditions is essential for the proper design, construction and operation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. While equilibrium data for binary CO2–hydrocarbon mixtures are plentiful, equilibrium data and validated equations of state having reasonable predictive capability for multi-component CO2–hydrocarbon mixtures are limited. In this work, a new synthetic apparatus was constructed to measure the phase behavior of systems containing CO2 and multicomponent hydrocarbons at reservoir temperatures and pressures. The apparatus consisted of a thermostated variable-volume view cell driven by a computer-controlled servo motor system, and equipped with a sapphire window for visual observation. Two calibrated syringe pumps were used for quantitative fluid injection. The maximum operating pressure and temperature were 40 MPa and 473.15 K, respectively. The apparatus was validated by means of isothermal vapor–liquid equilibrium measurement on (CO2 + heptane), the results of which were found to be in good agreement with literature data.In this work, we report experimental measurements of the phase behavior and density of (CO2 + synthetic crude oil) mixtures. The ‘dead’ oil contained a total of 17 components including alkanes, branched-alkanes, cyclo-alkanes, and aromatics. Solution gas (0.81 methane + 0.13 ethane + 0.06 propane) was added to obtain live synthetic crudes with gas-oil ratios of either 58 or 160. Phase equilibrium and density measurements are reported for the ‘dead’ oil and the two ‘live’ oils under the addition of CO2. The measurements were carried out at temperatures of 298.15, 323.15, 373.15 and 423.15 K and at pressures up to 36 MPa, and included vapor–liquid, liquid–liquid and vapor–liquid–liquid equilibrium conditions. The results are qualitatively
AU - Al,Ghafri SZ
AU - Maitland,GC
AU - Trusler,JPM
DO - 10.1016/j.fluid.2013.12.018
EP - 40
PY - 2013///
SN - 0378-3812
SP - 20
TI - Experimental and modeling study of the phase behavior of synthetic crude oil + CO2
T2 - Fluid Phase Equilibria
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2013.12.018
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UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/42812
VL - 365
ER -