Evaluation of Crude Oil Rheology as a Comprehensive Experimental for the Applied Chemistry Education

Abstract

In order to further improve the comprehensive experimental skills of applied chemistry undergraduates, a comprehensive experiment of crude oil viscosity, yield value, viscosity temperature curve and viscosity reducer evaluation was designed. Through the determination of different physical parameters of crude oil and the evaluation of viscosity reducer, the characteristics of crude oil and the effect of viscosity reducer are comprehensively evaluated. The design of the experiment has significant pertinence and applicability, effectively deepening students' understanding of some physical properties of crude oil, and further improving students' experimental operation ability, experimental observation ability and problem solving skills. At the same time, the determination of some physical parameters of crude oil makes students realize that physical parameters are indispensable for guiding further development work in the oil fields and gas fields, and at the same time deepen the study of the principle of measuring some physical parameters.

The Education Quality Improvment Practical Exploration of Applied Chemistry Experiments in Xi’an Shiyou University

“…In recent years, with the rapid development of the oil industry, oilfield exploration and development, drilling, storage, transportation and refining and chemical companies have increasingly demanded the hands-on practical ability of oilfield chemistry graduates from petroleum colleges and universities to analyze and solve production problems in oilfields. As an oil university that trains students, the corresponding adjustments should be made in aspects such as the training methods and contents of experimental courses [3,4]. Xi'an Petroleum University is the only multi-disciplinary university with petroleum and petrochemical characteristics in northwestern China.…”