ArticleACS omega2023
Waste Plastic Nanomagnetite Pour Point Depressants for Heavy and Light Egyptian Crude Oil.
Article in ACS omega, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Utilizing combusted PET plastic waste and biogenic oils as efficient pour point depressants for crude oil.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
One of the most widely used plastics in the world's rapidly urbanizing population is polyethylene (PE). Globally, there is a growing demand for plastics. Polyethylene plastics do pollute and harm the environment. Although polyethylene is said to be nonbiodegradable, any chemical deterioration can take hundreds of years. This study intends to improve the crude oil property, precisely its pour point, by using polyethylene derived from waste products with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and applying it to heavy and light crude oils. Forty crude oil samples were prepared by changing the PE additive concentration from 0.25 to 2% with 0-2.0% MNP concentration. Dynamic light scattering (DLS), gas chromatography, and photomicrographic techniques were employed during the study. DLS results revealed that nanoparticles of heavy (B) crude oil have bigger particle sizes than light (A) crude oil samples, and the overall distribution of the added nanoparticles was much better in light crude oil than in heavy crude oil. The photomicrographic results revealed that the treated samples using additives provided a significant wax crystal reduction compatible with the provided pour point results. The prepared sample of the treated light (A) crude oil provided a more extraordinary rheology performance than the heavy (B) crude oil. Moreover, prepared crude oil samples with PE additives and MNPs are effective as pour point depressants.
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