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Oil shrinkage to to heater treater

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cmlpetro

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Apr 1, 2005
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How do I calculate how much my oil will shrink due to heating in my treater?
 
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the coefficient of expansion of crude oils ranges from

230.0 × 10-6 to 930.0 × 10-6 per degree F

ASTM D1250 - 08 has the tables based on gravity
 
Can use a hydrocarbon processing simulator like WinSim or Hysys to model the compositional change and volume losses. I don't know of a quick and dirty technique. You would need a compositional analysis of the oil to use the simulation method.
 
My office just got CHEMCAD which I have never used before (I used to use HYSYS). I will give it a try and see if I can come up with something.
 
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