@inproceedings{f7b8808dee574d3dbde50260db029533,
title = "Integrated one-dimensional modeling of asphaltene deposition in wellbores/pipelines",
abstract = "Asphaltene deposition in wellbores/pipelines causes serious production losses in the oil and gas industry. This work presents a numerical model to predict asphaltene deposition in wellbores/pipelines. This model consists of two modules: a Thermodynamic Module and a Transport Module. The Thermodynamic Module models asphaltene precipitation using the Peng-Robinson Equation of State with Peneloux volume translation (PR-Peneloux EOS). The Transport Module covers the modeling of fluid transport, asphaltene particle transport and asphaltene deposition. These modules are combined via a thermodynamic properties lookup-table generated by the Thermodynamic Module prior to simulation. In this work, the Transport Module and the Thermodynamic Module are first verified and validated separately. Then, the integrated model is applied to an oilfield case with asphaltene deposition problem where a reasonably accurate prediction of asphaltene deposit profile is achieved.",
keywords = "1D, Asphaltene deposition, Integrated modeling, Thermodynamic module, Transport module, Wellbore/pipeline",
author = "Q. Guan and Yap, {Y. F.} and A. Goharzadeh and Chai, {J. C.} and Vargas, {F. M.} and Chapman, {W. G.} and M. Zhang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2017 ; Conference date: 04-04-2017 Through 06-04-2017",
year = "2017",
month = may,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1109/ICMSAO.2017.7934921",
language = "English",
series = "2017 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2017 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2017",
}