DocumentCode
3319877
Title
Measurement of the wax appearance temperature in crude oil by laser scattering
Author
McMullin, J.N. ; Eastman, C.D. ; Pulikkaseril, C. ; Adler, D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Volume
3
fYear
1999
fDate
9-12 May 1999
Firstpage
1755
Abstract
A laser-based system for determining the wax appearance temperature (WAT) in crude oil samples is described. The system operates by monitoring the intensity of light transmitted through or scattered by a sample as the temperature is varied.
Keywords
light scattering; light transmission; measurement by laser beam; optical variables measurement; temperature measurement; crude oil; laser scattering; laser-based system; light intensity monitoring; light scattering; light transmission; temperature measurement; wax appearance temperature; Heat sinks; Light scattering; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Petroleum; Solids; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1999 IEEE Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
ISSN
0840-7789
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5579-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCECE.1999.804983
Filename
804983
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