Screening of ionic liquids as green oilfield solvents for the potential removal of asphaltene from simulated oil: COSMO-RS model approach

• Main Authors: Rashid, Z., Wilfred, C.D., Gnanasundaram, N., Arunagiri, A., Murugesan, T.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2018
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85041553915&doi=10.1016%2fj.molliq.2018.01.023&partnerID=40&md5=f9a35e48cdd6095cf3dcdc424afd894b; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/20639/

Petroleum industry encounters a challenge to search prospective solvents for asphaltene species which is the main cause of arterial blockage in oil pipelines that results in flow assurance problem. Recently, ionic liquids (ILs) have received significant attention as green oilfield solvents due to th...