Number of Articles: 14
Experimental Study of Drag Reduction Phenomena within Pipe Flow in a Closed Circuit System Using Surfactant Additives
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 1-13
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Pipe lines and tubes are used throughout the worlds for the economic transportation of crude oil, petroleum derivatives, gas and water. A drag reduction phenomenon within pipe flow ... Read More ...To Prepare Special Formula to be Used as Diesel Fuel
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 1-10
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The basic idea for this research is summarized in preparing special formula consisting of cut hydrocarbon petroleum with pure water and a combination of surface tension materials and ... Read More ...To Study the Viscosity Index of SN500 and SN150 Base Oil with Vegetable Oil and Selective Polymers as Additives
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 11-25
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Viscosity index is one of the most important parameter for the lubricating oils performance. The effect of additives on the viscosity index for mineral lubricating oils SN500 and SN150 ... Read More ...Experimental Study and Simulation of Iraqi Heavy Naphtha Catalytic Reforming Reactions Using Pt-Ir-Sn/AL2O3 and Pt-Ir/AL2O3 Catalysts
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 14-35
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In present study experimental and mathematical model have been carried out to describe the reaction kinetics of catalytic reforming process using Iraqi heavy naphtha as a feedstock ... Read More ...Preparation of Biopolymer and to Study Its Possibility to Remove Vanadium from Crued Oil
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 26-32
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Syntheses of biopolymer (Alginic acid) was made by reaction of sodium alginate with hydrochloric acid (concs) in aqueous ethanol with ratio (30:70) as adsorption material to remove ... Read More ...Laboratory Study for Histopathological Effects Propduced from Exposure of Common Carp Fish Cyprinus Carpio L. of Al-Dora Refinery Waste
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 33-41
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The pathological effect due to effect of petroleum hydrocarbon on common carp Cyprinus carpio and then reflected indirectly on human health was studied. Seven groupsof fish were exposed ... Read More ...Hydroisomerization and Hydrocracking of n-Heptane over Nanoporous Trimetallic (Pt-Ni-Co/SBA-15 Catalyst)
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 36-52
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The heterogeneous hydroisomerization and hydrocracking of n-heptane was carried out within the pores of the mesoporous SBA-15 silicas, within which was encapsulated trimetallic nanoparticles ... Read More ...Developing a Database System for the Laboratory Tests
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 53-68
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The objective of this research was to develop a database to store results of laboratory tests of crude oil and this will lead to improve the quality of Petroleum products and to reduce ... Read More ...Modeling of Pollutants Prediction from Fuel Burning in Oil and Gas Refineries
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 69-87
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Oxides of nitrogen (NO + NO2 , (NOx)) are emitted from refineries, not only contribute to the production of photochemical smog at ground level but also cause damage to plant life and ... Read More ...Treatment of Oily Wastewater by Induced Air Flotation
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 88-99
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In this study induced air flotation (IAF) through Perspex glass column (ID 10cm and 150 cm heights) has been studied experimentally to treat the oily wastewater of Iraqi North Oil Company. ... Read More ...Simulation and Optimization of Depropanizer Using Hysys Simulation Package
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 100-121
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A new depropanizer is designed for the revamped petrochemical complex PC1 in Basrah. Conventional fractionation column is used to match the design of the existing plant. The feed to ... Read More ...Investigation the Activity of Pd Loading on Commercial Monolithic Catalyst in Automobile Exhaust Gases
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 122-135
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Catalytic monolith reactors have numerous applications in industrial processes and as technical devices, so the focus is set specially on automotive catalytic converters. The present ... Read More ...Effects of Raw Oil Deposits upon Occupationally Exposed Workers
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 136-146
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Consumption raw oil may cause different pollutants which may have various environmental and health effects upon those occupationally exposed workers in industrial activities that used ... Read More ...Removal of Phenols from Refinery Wastewater using Trickle Bed Reactor
Volume 31, Issue 18 , October 2013, Page 147-160