Relationship between waxy crude viscosities and wax crystal microstructure

It is important and profound to quantitatively study the relation between rheology and microstructure for development of the microstructural mechanism of crude oil rheology and even for the waxy crude oil pipelining.However,due to the high complexity and irregularity of wax crystal morphology,quantitative characterization is hard to achieve.This has hampered further study on the rheology-microstructure relationship.A new approach combined the fractal geometry and the stereology theory is presented for quantifying the intricate wax crystal morphology and structure.Based on the characterization,the effects of microstructures and oil composition on the waxy crude viscosities are analyzed quantitatively.It further validates the previous qualitative research and enriches understanding into the microstructural mechanism of waxy crude oil rheology.

蜡晶形态、结构与含蜡原油流变性的关系

叙述了蜡晶的显微观察特征,讨论了添加降凝剂前后以及施加剪切作用前后蜡晶大小和形态与原油流变性的关系。利用基于数学形态学的蜡晶图像特征提取软件,分析对比了不同试验条件下获得的蜡晶显微图像,实现了蜡晶大小及其分布特征的量化描述,描述结果与已知的定性认识相一致。