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JOURNAL OF DISPERSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 10, Pages 1502-1508Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2010.516129
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Asphaltenes; computer simulation; crude oil; dipole moment; nanoaggregates
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Computer simulation has been used to investigate the cluster formation of the asphaltenes. Asphaltene nanoaggregates, forming a cluster, possessed permanent dipole moments. The influence of various factors, namely, temperature of the medium, size and dipole moment of the nanoaggregates, on the dipole moment of the asphaltene cluster was studied. The orientation interactions between the nanoaggregates were demonstrated to rise with increasing specific dipole moment of the nanoaggregates. It is has been found that the dipole moment of the asphaltene cluster varies according to power law in relation to the number of the nanoaggregates, forming the cluster.
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