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MECCANICA
Volume 39, Issue 5, Pages 441-482Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1023/B:MECC.0000046444.98941.3c
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waxy crude oils; Bingham fluid; free boundary problems
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In this paper we review a series of mathematical models formulated for the flow of waxy crude oils, that is, of mineral oils with a high content of paraffinic hydrocarbons ( with the generic name of waxes) which may be dissolved or segregated as solid crystals at sufficiently low temperatures. The flow takes place in a laboratory test loop. The crystals have a tendency to form aggregates, producing a gel-like structure. The resulting product can be modeled as a Bingham fluid, but its rheological parameters ( yield stress and viscosity) depend on the amount and state of the segregated phase, whose evolution is in turn influenced by the flow. Of course temperature plays a key role. Wax can form a solid deposit at the pipe wall, reducing the pipe radius and this phenomenon is also taken into account. The models presented have a different degree of complexity, depending on which phenomena they include. In presenting each of them we discuss their expected range of validity.
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