Microfluidic method of viscosity measurement in propane-saturated bitumen

dc.contributor.authorKim, Mira
dc.contributor.authorMosavat, Nader
dc.contributor.authorSinton, David
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-12T15:27:35Z
dc.date.available2018-11-12T15:27:35Z
dc.date.issuedMay-18
dc.descriptionPaper presented at 2018 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers International Congress, 27-30 May 2018.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, the viscosity propane-saturated bitumen was measured through a microfluidic chip. Property measurement of propane-saturated bitumen has been traditionally done on a heavy-duty PVT cell, and the application of microfluidics in high temperature and pressure conditions to measure the properties of bitumen is a novel technique. There are two steps in the viscosity measurement of propane-saturated bitumen. First, the propane saturated bitumen is prepared in a high-pressure piston cylinder through propane injection in bitumen at a pressure above its saturation pressure. This propane-bitumen sample is left to saturate till it there is no further pressure drop. Then the propane-saturated bitumen is pushed through the microfluidic chip and the viscosity of the bitumen is measured by the pressure differences and the imaging of the fluid end, as an application of the Poiseuille’s law.en_US
dc.identifierCSME086
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-77355-023-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35433
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25071/10315/35433
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCSME-SCGMen_US
dc.rightsThe copyright for the paper content remains with the author
dc.subjectEngineering Analysis & Designen_US
dc.subjectFluid Mechanicsen_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering Educationen_US
dc.subjectBitumenen_US
dc.subjectOil sandsen_US
dc.subjectMicrofluidicsen_US
dc.subjectPropaneen_US
dc.subjectPVTen_US
dc.subjectViscosityen_US
dc.subjectDiffusionen_US
dc.titleMicrofluidic method of viscosity measurement in propane-saturated bitumenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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