Experimental investigation of low viscosity grade binder modified with Fischer Tropsch-Paraffin wax

Author(s):  
Ishfaq Mohi Ud Din ◽  
Mohammad Shafi Mir
Author(s):  
Peerzada Mosir Shah ◽  
Mohammad Shafi Mir

The purpose of this study aims at investigating the impact of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT’s) on the properties of low viscosity grade asphalt binder. Asphalt binder with viscosity grade-10 is selected as the control binder and later it is modified with different percentages of MWCNT’s (0.5–2.5%). Penetration, softening point, ductility and rotational viscosity test were employed for evaluating the effect of MWCNT’s on basic physical properties of modified asphalt binder. Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) is used for evaluating the rheological properties of the base and modified bitumen, for both aged and unaged bitumen. Based on the conventional and basic rheological tests, it was seen that the addition of MWCNT’s improved the high-temperature performance of modified bitumen. Multiple Stress Creep and Recovery (MSCR) test results revealed that the addition of MWCNT’s improved the creep and recovery of modified binders for both stress intensities (0.1 kPa and 3.2 kPa) which confirms that the modified binder is more rut resistant. Moreover, it was observed that there was a significant improvement in the aging resistance of the asphalt binder due to addition of MWCNTs. However low temperature performance of MWCNTs was not encouraging. Also, MWCNTs addition to asphalt binder was found to be stable under high-temperature storage condition. Overall, there is a significant amount of improvement using MWCNTs in the base asphalt binder.


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pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
Yuta Ohno ◽  
Tooru Andoh ◽  
Shinichiro Tsue ◽  
Kenji Sugisawa ◽  
Yoshinobu Fukumori ◽  
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Sakae OBARA ◽  
Hiroaki MUTO ◽  
Hitoshi SHIGENO ◽  
Ayako YOSHIDA ◽  
Jyun-ichi NAGAYA ◽  
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Vol 370 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Giorgio Visconti ◽  
Enrico Tronconi ◽  
Luca Lietti ◽  
Gianpiero Groppi ◽  
Pio Forzatti ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-222
Author(s):  
Hamed Hematpur ◽  
Mohammad Parvaz Davani ◽  
Mohsen Safari

Lack of experimental study on the recovery of solvent flooding in low viscosity oil is obvious in previous works. This study concerns the experimental investigation on oil recovery efficiency during solvent/co-solvent flooding in low viscosity oil sample from an Iranian reservoir. Two micromodel patterns with triangular and hexagonal pore structures were designed and used in the experiments. A series of solvent flooding experiments were conducted on the two patterns that were initially saturated with crude oil sample. The oil recovery efficiency as a function injected pore volume was determined from analysis of continuously captured pictures. Condensate and n-hexane were employed as base solvents, and Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) and Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGMBE) used as co-solvents. The results revealed that not only does the solvent flooding increase the recovery in low viscosity oil but also this increase is evidently higher with respect to viscous oil. But, type of solvent or adding co-solvent to solvent does not noticeably increase the recovery of low viscosity oil. In addition, further experiments showed that presence of connate water or increasing injection rate reduces the recovery whereas increasing permeability improves the recovery. The results of this study are helpful to better understand the application of solvent flooding in low viscosity oil reservoirs.


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Mrinmoy Kalita ◽  
Murugesu Muralidharan ◽  
Masilamani Sithananthan ◽  
Muthan Subramanian ◽  
Yogesh Kumar Sharma ◽  
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