(Nanowerk News) Rice University researchers have developed an easy and accurate technique to detect and quantify the amount of asphaltene precipitated from crude oils, which bedevils the oil industry ...
(Nanowerk News) Asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, are a waste material with potential. Rice University scientists are determined to find it by converting the carbon-rich resource into ...
Muhammad Rahman, an assistant research professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is employing Rice’s unique flash Joule heating process to convert asphaltenes instantly into turbostratic ...
The coking stability index (CSI) test, which determines the relative stability of coker furnace feedstocks, is more accurate than historical analytical methods that evaluate the stability of petroleum ...
Scientists develop a method to improve the detection of asphaltene that precipitates in crude oil and clogs production lines. Rice University researchers have developed an easy and accurate technique ...
An evaluation found that when tuned, the Soave-Redlich-Kwong (SRK) and Peng-Robinson (PR) equations of state (EOS) can predict heavy oil densities and SARA fractions ...
Petroleum is the most complex matrix in nature, constituted by many thousands of compounds, and presents an analytical challenge. As the world's remaining deposits of petroleum become heavier, it's ...
The flash Joule heating process turns asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, into graphene for use in composite materials. Asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, are a waste ...
HOUSTON – (Nov. 18, 2022) – Asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, are a waste material with potential. Rice University scientists are determined to find it by converting the carbon-rich ...
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