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Experimental measurement and modeling of saturated reservoir oil viscosity

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A novel mathematical-based approach is proposed to develop reliable models for prediction of saturated crude oil viscosity in a wide range of PVT properties. A new soft computing approach, namely least square support vector machine modeling optimized with coupled simulated annealing optimization technique, is proposed. Six models have been developed to predict saturated oil viscosity, which are designed in such a way that could predict saturated oil viscosity with every available PVT parameter. The constructed models are evaluated by carrying out extensive experimental saturated crude oil viscosity data from Iranian oil reservoirs, which were measured using a “Rolling Ball viscometer.” To evaluate the performance and accuracy of these models, statistical and graphical error analyses were used simultaneously. The obtained results demonstrated that the proposed models are more robust, reliable and efficient than existing techniques for prediction of saturated crude oil viscosity.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Seyed-Mohammad-Javad Majidi & Ahmad Ramazani S. A

  2. Department of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh & Behnam Mahmoudi

  3. Department of Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum University of Technolog, Ahwaz, Iran

    Seyed-Mohammad-Javad Majidi

  4. Institut de Recherche en Génie Chimique et Pétrolier (IRGCP), Paris Cedex, France

    Amir H. Mohammadi

  5. Thermodynamics Research Unit, School of Chemical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, King George V Avenue, Durban, 4041, South Africa

    Amir H. Mohammadi

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Hemmati-Sarapardeh, A., Majidi, SMJ., Mahmoudi, B. et al. Experimental measurement and modeling of saturated reservoir oil viscosity. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 31, 1253–1264 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-014-0033-3

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