An in situ method for observing wax crystallization under pipe flow.

Autor: Guthrie, Sarah E., Mazzanti, Gianfranco, Steer, Tyrone N., Stetzer, MacKenzie R., Kautsky, Sacha P., Merz, Hugh, Idziak, Stefan H.J., Sirota, Eric B.
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Zdroj: Review of Scientific Instruments; Apr2004, Vol. 75 Issue 4, p873-877, 5p
Abstrakt: We report on an x-ray diffraction investigation of the nucleation and growth of wax crystals and the evolution of the resulting wax-gel deposit in mixtures of paraffin wax and dodecane under pipe flow. This work is an in situ x-ray diffraction study of wax crystallization in oil-wax mixtures under flow and is completely noninvasive. This technique is shown to be consistent with other methods. © 2004 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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