[01] Sajjad Hatami, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sirjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sirjan, Iran. [02] Farshad Farahbod, Department of Chemical Engineering, Firoozabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad, Iran.

The environmental problems damage the ecosystem, severely. The hydrocarbons in crude oil are mostly alkanes, cycloalkanes and various aromatic hydrocarbons while the other organic compounds contain nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and trace amounts of metals such as iron, nickel, copper and vanadium. In this paper, the tests are designed for investigation of the effects of the ferric oxide nano particle prepared by ultrasonic on the crude oil flowing properties. Rheological and thermal properties of crude oil with nano particle are surveyed, experimentally. Results show, the increase in temperature from 30°C to 90°C increases the values of conductive heat transfer coefficient 1.13 times and 1.1 times for nano oil (1wt%) and simple oil, respectively.

Rheology, Environmental Problems, Crude Oil, Heat Properties, Ultra-sonic, Nano Particles

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