Investigating the Performance of Carboxylate-Alumoxane Nanoparticles as a Novel Chemically Functionalized Inhibitor on Asphaltene Precipitation.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, researchers have attempted to find some practical approaches for asphaltene adsorption and the prevention or postponement of asphaltene precipitation. Among different techniques, nanotechnology has attracted the researchers' attention to overcome the formation damage resulting from the deposition of asphaltenes. In this study, the application of two types of carboxylate-alumoxane nanoparticles (functionalized boehmite by methoxyacetic acid (BMA) and functionalized pseudo-boehmite by methoxyacetic acid (PBMA)) for asphaltene adsorption and precipitation was investigated. First, the synthesis of two functionalized nanoparticles was performed via the sol-gel method. For the assessment of the adsorption efficiency and adsorption capacity of these nanoparticles toward asphalten

SUBMITTER: Bagherpour S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7346270 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature