Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol.187-188, 71-82, 2001
Measurement and prediction of temperature and pressure effect on wax content in a partially frozen paraffinic system
Liquid-solid phase equilibrium measurements were carried out at various pressures and temperatures below the onset of crystallization in a mixture made up of a distribution of paraffins with composition exponentially decreasing from n-C-6 to n-C-36. Liquid and solid phases in partially frozen mixtures were separated by isobaric and isothermal filtration and analyzed by gas chromatography. Waxy solid content and wax composition were then deduced from a mass balance after correction for the entrapped liquid in the solid residue. The results were then compared to the prediction of a model which was previously developed for the representation of the wax appearance temperature of synthetic light gas-heavy paraffins systems.