Abstract
The viscosity of pure and methane-saturated light sweet crude oil, as well as n-decane, artificial seawater and deionized (DI) water are determined at three to five different pressure levels between 1 MPa and 16 MPa and five different temperature levels between 268 K and 323 K, respectively. A newly designed high-pressure apparatus (capillary viscometer) to measure viscosities at these experimental conditions is employed. Louisiana Sweet Crude oil (LSC), pure methane, pure n-decane, artificial seawater and DI water are used for the measurements. Artificial seawater was prepared according to Kester et al. (1967).
Purpose
As basic physical properties, the viscosities are required for the modeling of blowout dynamics, droplet size distributions, drop rise behavior, and oil fate.
Keywords
viscosity, high-pressure, crude oil, live oil, methane, n-decane, seawater
UDI
R6.x805.000:0100
Date
April 2020
Point of Contact
Name
Michael Schlüter
Organization
Technical University of Hamburg / Institute of Multiphase Flows
Name
Simeon Pesch
Organization
Technical University of Hamburg / Institute of Multiphase Flows
Funding Source
RFP-6
DOI
10.7266/ZPZG9W6Q
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.
Scholar Commons Citation
Michael Schlüter, Simeon Pesch. 2020. Experimental investigation of the viscosity of pure and gas-saturated crude oil, n-decane, seawater and deionized water from 268 K to 323 K and from 1 MPa to 16 MPa. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/ZPZG9W6Q
Comments
Extent
This data set does not have any relevant spatial or temporal components.
Supplemental Information
Pressure p / MPa Temperature T / K Dynamic viscosity η / mPa s|The measurements have been conducted by the company Eurotechnica GmbH. The high-pressure capillary viscometer was used to measure viscosities at different experimental conditions.||||Kester, D. R., Duedall, I. W., Connors, D. N., & Pytkowicz, R. M. (1967). Preparation of artificial seawater 1. Limnology and oceanography, 12(1), 176-179. doi:10.4319/lo.1967.12.1.0176