Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (12): 2606.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20190394

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Comb-like Polymeric Pour Point Depressants with Aromatic Pandents and Asphaltenes Synergistically Improve the Flow Behavior of Model Waxy Oils

Fei YANG,Xiaoping ZHANG,Chuanxian LI,Bo YAO(),Shutong DAI,Xue XIA,Guangyu SUN   

  1. College of Pipeline and Civil Engineering, Shanding Key Laboratory of Oil & Gas Storage and Transport Safety Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, China
  • Received:2019-07-14 Online:2019-12-04 Published:2019-12-04
  • Contact: Bo YAO E-mail:ybcy2013@sina.com
  • Supported by:
    ? Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51774311);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China(ZR2017MEE022);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019TQ0354);the Qingdao Postdoctoral Researchers Applied Research Project, China.

Abstract:

The influence of poly-octadecyl acrylate-maleic anhydride(POM), poly-octadecyl acrylate-maleic anhydride-aniline(POMA) and poly-octadecyl acrylate-maleic anhydride-naphthylamine(POMN) copolymers on the flowability of model waxy oil with/without asphaltenes was investigated through rheological tests, differential scanning calorimeter(DSC) analysis, microscopic observation and asphaltenes precipitating tests. The results showed that the above three types of comb-like polymeric pour point depressants(PPDs) could improve the flowability of the model waxy oil without asphaltenes(MO-1) to some extent and the POM showed the best flow improving efficiency on the MO-1: after adding 500 mg/kg POM, the pour point of the MO-1 decreased from 29 ℃ to 23 ℃ and yield stress reduced from 62.20 Pa to 83.35Pa. Comb-like polymers could significantly improve the flowability of model waxy oil with 0.3% asphaltenes(MO-2), and MO-2 showed the best flowability after the addition of 500 mg/kg POMA: the pour point and yield stress of MO-2 dropped to 3 ℃/1.27 Pa, respectively. Therefore, the comb-like polymeric PPDs and asphaltenes can synergistically improve the flowability of waxy oils and the introduction of aromatic pendants in the POM molecules can enhance the interaction of comb-like polymeric PPDs and asphaltenes, thus further increasing the synergistic effect of comb-like polymeric PPDs and asphaltenes.

Key words: Comb-like copolymer, Asphaltene, Model waxy oil, Synergistic effect

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