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Prediction of Wax Appearance Temperature Using Artificial Intelligent Techniques

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering volume 45, pages 1319–1330 (2020)Cite this article

Abstract

The paraffin particles can promote and be involved in the formation of deposits which can lead to plugging of oil production facilities. In this work, an experimental prediction of wax appearance temperature (WAT) has been performed on 59 Algerian crude oil samples using a pour point tester. In addition, a modeling investigation was done to create reliable WAT paradigms. To do so, gene expression programming and multilayers perceptron optimized with Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm (MLP-LMA) and Bayesian regularization algorithm were implemented. To generate these models, some parameters, namely density, viscosity, pour point, freezing point and wax content in crude oils, have been used as input parameters. The results reveal that the developed models provide satisfactory results. Furthermore, the comparison between these models in terms of accuracy indicates that MLP-LMA has the best performances with an overall average absolute relative error of 0.23% and a correlation coefficient of 0.9475.

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  1. LSP, Faculté des Hydrocarbures et de la Chimie, Université M’hamed Bougara de Boumerdes, Avenue de l’Indépendance, 35000, Boumerdes, Algeria

    Chahrazed Benamara & Boudjema Hamada

  2. Département Etudes Thermodynamiques, Division Laboratoires, Sonatrach, Avenue 1er Novembre, 35000, Boumerdes, Algeria

    Chahrazed Benamara, Kheira Gharbi & Menad Nait Amar

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Benamara, C., Gharbi, K., Nait Amar, M. et al. Prediction of Wax Appearance Temperature Using Artificial Intelligent Techniques. Arab J Sci Eng 45, 1319–1330 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-04290-y

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Keywords

  • Paraffin
  • WAT
  • Crude oil
  • Pour point tester
  • MLP
  • GEP