Crystallization of wax molecules in waxy crude oils can seriously deteriorate the rheology of crude oils, impact pipeline transportation safety and increase economic cost. Addition of a small amount of polymer pour point depressants(PPDs) can improve…
The addition of surfactants and nanoparticles in minimizing wax deposition related problems such as flow assurance is considered an attractive alternative among other techniques but limited researches have been carried out in investigating the…
With the present energy scenario, the oil companies are persuading to exploit crude oil resources with high viscosity and an extreme chemical composition which makes production and transportation complex. The rheology of crude oil is related to the…
In Malaysia, solid depositions of paraffin wax in the inner walls of production and transportation pipelines, and on the surface of production equipment have been identified as the utmost challenge in production and transportation of crude oil. In…
Phase change materials (PCMs) provide a state-of-the-art thermal energy storage capability and offer enormous potential for solar energy storage systems. However, the widespread adaptation of PCMs in advanced energy systems is often limited by low…
The aim of this work is to investigate the possibility of using a new water-containing material for multicycle gas hydrate formation with a high rate and water-to-hydrate conversion ratio in relation to natural gas storage and transportation.…
The rationally structural engineering is an efficient strategy to improve the comprehensive performance of potassium-ion storage anode materials. In this paper, a hybrid with hollow FeS2 nanoparticles anchored into the 3D carbon skeleton (labeled as…
Purpose: : The presence of thermal energy storage devices in concentrated solar power plants is advantageous for controlling power and energy demand. The capacity of materials used in total thermal energy storage is thought to improve their…
This study aims to develop a numerical scheme to model and optimize the solidification process within a Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System (LHTESS), while specific nanoparticles are employed, and the system is equipped with curved fins.…
In this work, NiFe nanocatalysts with different molar ratios 1:0.33, 1:1 and 1:3 were synthesized by a modified inverse microemulsion method at Soft Chemistry conditions in order to apply them to heavy crude oil (HCO) in situ hydroprocessing and to…
This study aims to design a novel green nanocomposite based on the synergistic effect between silica nanoparticles (SN) and cardanol (CDN). The latter is an environmentally friendly dispersant compound extracted from the cashew nut shell waste. Three…
This work analyzed of crude oil based nanofluid of Al 2 O 3, Cu, SWCNTs (single walled carbon nanotubes) the mass transfer in two dimensional MHD of incompressible steady, viscous and electrically conducting in the presence of magnetic field over a…
Novel edge-capped ZrO2 nanoparticles on V2O5 nanowires were successfully synthesized through a simple, eco-friendly, and inexpensive hydrothermal technique. The as-prepared nanostructures were characterized using various measurements to study their…
In this work, nanocatalysts as Ni, Mo, Fe nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by the modified inverse microemulsion method at room temperature conditions in order to apply them to heavy crude oil (HCO) in situ hydroprocessing and to improve their…
Abstract: Molecular-mass distribution curves of native nanoasphaltenes in the form of fractograms for a significant sample of crude oils have been obtained using the thermal field-flow fractionation of asphaltenes, and a multidimensional analysis of…
The ability of both bare and surface-modified hematite nanoparticles to reduce the viscosity and upgrade the quality of heavy crude oil via aquathermolysis reaction was investigated in this study. The surface of hematite nanoparticles was modified…
The relevance of nanotechnology in the field of energy resources has been growing at a swift pace. The term catalyst has a whole new outlook since the foundation of nanomaterials in process industries. Nanocatalysts, in general, play a vital role in…
In this work, the effects of four different chemical inhibitors, namely a polymeric surfactant, synthesized -Al2O3/NiO nanoparticles, epoxy resin, and canola oil to inhibit asphaltene precipitation in three different crude oils collected from various…
Novel bioactive nanoparticles derived from crude palm oil (CPO), palm olein, and palm stearin for use in foodstuff products were produced, and their physicochemical characteristics and stability were evaluated. The nanoparticles were prepared by…
Performance of the nanoparticle-modified asphalt binder is greatly influenced by adhesion properties between asphalt binder and nanoparticle. In this work, the adhesion properties of crude oil fractions (e.g., Saturate, Asphaltene, Resin and Aromatic…
Sulfur-host material with abundant pore structure and high catalysis plays an important role in development of high-energy-density lithiumsulfur (LiS) batteries. Herein, we implanted NiCoP nanoparticles into the N,S co-doped porous carbon derived…
Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration for sustainable enhanced oil recovery and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, still faces various challenges. The process performance can improve via injection of nanoparticles into CO2 (NPs-CO2). However, the…
A new nano-scale bio-based nanocomposite for treating petroleum wastewater has been synthesized using walnut husk (an agro industrial by-product). The walnut husk extract-silver nanoparticles (WHE-AgNPs) were round-shaped, monodispersed,…
One of the important challenges in city gate gas pressure reduction stations is the heating of the natural gas prior to pressure reduction. Regarding the low efficiency of the common water bath heaters in these stations another type of double…
In the present work, the novel technique of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) humid air plasma has been presented for processing and functionalization of nanoparticles and enhancing the rate of methane hydrate production. It is shown that the rate…
Because of destructive effects of organic chlorides, elimination of these compounds from contaminated crude oil and its distillates is very crucial for oil refiners. Despite the importance of the subject, limited researches in this field are…
Engineered nanofluids were designed to reduce oil viscosity and to restore wettability in heavy oil formations (Zabala et al. 2016). Incremental production rates, between 50% and 150%, were registered after injecting the nanofluids in 4 wells in two…
The main objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of the simultaneous use of a surfactant mixture and magnetic iron core-carbon shell nanoparticles on oil recovery via a microfluidic study based on the rock-on-a-chip technology. The…
Any efficient exploitation of new petroleum reservoirs necessitates developing methods to mobilize the crude oils from such reservoirs. Here silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) were used to improve the efficiency of the chemical-enhanced oil…
Abstract: Asphaltene is the heaviest organic compound in crude oils that its precipitation and deposition cause many negative effects on oil production such as an overall decrease in production rate and an increase in operating costs. Nanoparticle…
Wax deposition can cause a slowdown in operation by restricting crude oil flow in the pipeline. Chemical inhibitors interact with the wax molecule in crude oil and prevent wax aggregation. The molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was used to analyze…
The use of NiO nanoparticles as asphaltene co-precipitant additives is studied to improve the upgraded oil's properties and potentially reduce the solvent-to-oil ratio for the in-situ upgrading of heavy oils via solvent deasphalting. Asphaltene…
We proposed a direct in situ synthesis method for iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) along with catalytic erformance upgrading of heavy crude oil (HCO). Our method compares the upgrading of a HCO where other iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by a…
The relevance of nanotechnology in the field of energy resources has been growing at a swift pace. The term catalyst has a whole new outlook since the foundation of nanomaterials in process industries. Nanocatalysts, in general, play a vital role in…
This study aims to investigate a new method of combining ultrasonic waves with different frequencies and magnetic nanoparticles in reducing the asphaltene content and kinematic viscosity of heavy oil. In general, the experiments included irradiation…
Nanoparticles are of interest in recent oil production process due to their potential to wettability alteration, but not interfacially active at the crude oil-water interface. Stability loss in brine environment, where nanoparticles tend to…
As reserves of conventional light oil become depleted, recovery of viscous oil is urgently needed to meet increasing energy demands worldwide before clean energy sources are fully developed. Current oil extraction technologies suffer from low…
Heavy oil (HO) production and transportation has been one of the major concerns for the oil and gas industry in recent years. In this sense, nanotechnology has raised as a promising solution for enhancing heavy oil mobility at surface and subsurface…
This study embraces the evaluation of the rheological and magneto-rheological properties of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils by applying nanotechnology and magnetism as technological solutions in reducing viscosity. Mixtures of heavy oils with…
Despite the numerous works devoted to using of different types of nanoparticles for treatment of asphaltene related issues, the potential applications of carbon nanostructures for controlling of asphaltene precipitation have not been addressed in the…
Heavy oil (HO) production and transportation has been one of the major concerns for the oil and gas industry in recent years. In this sense, nanotechnology has raised as a promising solution for enhancing heavy oil mobility at surface and subsurface…
A single-step new route has been developed to synthesize 2-pentanone from biomass-derived furfural via simultaneous hydrodeoxygenation (HDO), ring-opening (RO) and hydrogenation reactions over a bi-metallic Cu–Ni/SBA-15 catalyst in a fixed-bed…
The key mechanisms in enhancing crude oil recovery include the reduction of interfacial tension (IFT) between the trapped crude oil and the injected flooding solution, the wettability alteration of the reservoir rocks, in-situ emulsification, pore…
(B.Raman), which is the largest oil field of Turkey's already existing CO2 injection system, does not produce at the desired efficiency due to the natural fracture characteristics. Therefore, this research is performed to control the CO2 mobility in…
The word biofuel is here referred to as liquid or gas fuel mainly derived from biomass for the transport sector. There are many reasons why biofuels are viewed by both developed and industrialized countries as important technologies. These include…
The use of NiO nanoparticles as asphaltene co-precipitant additives is studied to improve the upgraded oil's properties and potentially reduce the solvent-to-oil ratio for the in-situ upgrading of heavy oils via solvent deasphalting. Asphaltene…
In this work, the effects of ultrasonic irradiation assisted by α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles (NPs) on the evolution of viscosity and thermal properties of crude oil are evaluated. A viscous crude oil with a high amount of asphaltene (∼20% by mass) was used…
Nanotechnology is a scientific discipline that has a wide range of applications in practically every aspect of modern life, particularly in the fabrication of nanomaterials and nanocomposites. Due to the importance of this sector economically and in…
In this chapter, the potential of nanotechnology to improve the stability and effectiveness of biopesticides is addressed. Whether in the encapsulation of biomolecules extracted from plants, fungi, bacteria that have a prolonged action or also…