Application of a heat transfer method to determine wax deposition in a hydrocarbon binary mixture

A heat transfer method was used to calculate wax thickness formed from a flowing binary system of hydrocarbons, nonadecylcylohexane and octane. Wax thickness increased steadily with time reaching an asymptotic value. The results obtained with the heat transfer method were in good agreement with the results obtained from gravimetric data. The heat transfer method seems to be a reliable method of calculating wax thickness provided the film heat transfer coefficients in the heat transfer equation can be calculated accurately.