MODELLING, SIMULATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF A FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER (FAME) REACTIVE DISTILLATION (RD) PROCESS USING ASPEN PLUS ABSTRACT Reactive distillation, being an intensified process of combining reaction and distillation in a single vessel, is an ongoing research. This work considered the use of this novel process to investigate the esterification of a fatty […]
DETERMINATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN SOIL SAMPLES AROUND SELECTED POWER GENERATORS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons refers to a large class of organic compounds which contains two or more fused aromatic rings made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms. PAHs have the following general characteristics common to them; high […]
EFFECTS OF FORMATION DAMAGE ON OIL WELL PRODUCTIVITY ABSTRACT Formation damage has been a constant headache to the oil producing industries as it is considered an impairment of the permeability of petroleum bearing formation with an expensive remediation procedure. Although, the prevention of formation damage is impracticable since every single operation embarked upon in petroleum […]
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VOID FRACTION CORRELATIONS FOR HIGH VISCOSITY OIL DATA IN HORIZONTAL PIPELINE 1 INTRODUCTION The oil and gas industry is increasingly looking towards unconventional resources like heavy oil to help satisfy world energy demand as conventional reserves are continuously depleted due to several years of production and consumption. Viscous oil hydrodynamic characteristics are […]
MODELLING, SIMULATION AND CONTROL OF THE REACTIVE DISTILLATION OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION ABSTRACT In this work, the production of biodiesel via reactive distillation process has been modelled and simulated with the aid of ChemCAD for both steady state and dynamics. Also, the control of the process has been carried out using MATLAB/Simulink. In order to achieve […]
APPLICATION OF SURFACTANTS IN TREATING OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL ABSTRACT The aim of this project is to remediate oil contaminated soil with the use of surfactants. During the process of remediation, the chemical/physical properties of the soil was determined before contamination to verify that the soil is fresh and doesn’t contain any contaminant after which soil […]
PREDICTION OF STUCK PIPE USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK: A CASE STUDY ON NIGER DELTA FIELDS OF NIGERIA ABSTRACT Drilling is a process that involves the procurement of natural resources such as oil and gas which holds prime importance in today’s world, Drilling practices abounds with a number of complications and an efficient way of dealing […]
EFFECT OF FOAMING AGENTS ON CRUDE OIL SYSTEM ABSTRACT This report entails the study of the effect of the foaming agents in the physio-chemical properties of the oil system, this report investigate if the addition of such foaming agents can improve production and also determines the properties of the crude oil and the foaming agents […]
MODELLING, SIMULATION AND CONTROL OF A REACTIVE DISTILLATION PROCESS FOR FUEL ADDITIVE PRODUCTION ABSTRACT In this work, a reactive distillation process for the production of a fuel additive has been modelled, simulated and controlled using proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control method. The fuel additive considered was isopropyl alcohol that was produced from the reaction occurring between propylene […]
ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PREDICTION OF HYDRATE FORMATION FOR A GAS PIPELINE ABSTRACT This research is focused on the difficulties that gas producers usually face with Hydrate formation during transportation. Hydrate build up in gas transportation flowlines is one of the major tasks for gas operators to deal with as it may cease gas flow through […]