Wax Content of Crude Oil: A Function of Kinematic Viscosity and Pour Point

Abstract

AbstractPrecipitated wax has pronounced effect on kinematic viscosity and pour point of crude oils. Thus, the authors attempted to develop a regression model to predict wax content of the crude oil from the kinematic viscosity and pour point data of crude oil. The wax content predicted by this model is in good agreement with those determined by standard acetone method. This model has the standard error of estimate of 1.28 and R2 of 0.92. This model had been compared with other existing models and we found this model was better.Keyword: pour pointviscositywaxpredictioncrude oil