Interplay between wall slip and shear banding in a thixotropic yield stress fluid

M Geri, B Saint-Michel, T Divoux, GH McKinley… - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We study the local dynamics of a thixotropic yield stress fluid that shows a pronounced non-
monotonic flow curve. This mechanically unstable behavior is generally not observable from …

Modeling multicomponent wax deposition and aging on cold surfaces with application to pipeline fouling

SA Ogunwale, LHA Mahir, RG Larson - AIChE Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A multicomponent model is developed for wax deposition onto a cold finger from a stirred
wax‐containing oil. It utilizes Coutinho's thermodynamic equations for wax component …

Development and mechanism of high carbon number paraffin wax blocking remover

Y Huang, W Duan, C Zheng - Journal of Dispersion Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There are serious wax deposition problems in Yueman block of Tarim Oilfield. It was found
that the sediments in Yueman block were mainly composed of high-carbon paraffin, and the …