Methods for estimating properties of hydrocarbons comprising asphaltenes based on their solubility

Schabron, John F.; Rovani, Jr., Joseph F.

Title: Methods for estimating properties of hydrocarbons comprising asphaltenes based on their solubility

Patent · Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1327926

Schabron, John F.; Rovani, Jr., Joseph F.

Disclosed herein is a method of estimating a property of a hydrocarbon comprising the steps of: preparing a liquid sample of a hydrocarbon, the hydrocarbon having asphaltene fractions therein; precipitating at least some of the asphaltenes of a hydrocarbon from the liquid sample with one or more precipitants in a chromatographic column; dissolving at least two of the different asphaltene fractions from the precipitated asphaltenes during a successive dissolution protocol; eluting the at least two different dissolved asphaltene fractions from the chromatographic column; monitoring the amount of the fractions eluted from the chromatographic column; using detected signals to calculate a percentage of a peak area for a first of the asphaltene fractions and a peak area for a second of the asphaltene fractions relative to the total peak areas, to determine a parameter that relates to the property of the hydrocarbon; and estimating the property of the hydrocarbon.

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Research Organization:: The University of Wyoming Research Corporation, Laramie, WY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC26-98FT40322

Assignee:: The University of Wyoming Research Corporation (Laramie, WY)

Patent Number(s):: 9,458,389

Application Number:: 14/152,661

OSTI ID:: 1327926

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Jan 10

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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