The Heavy Oil Storage Tank Project

Lucas, Donald; Littlejohn, David; Orlando, Ernest; Lindsey, Rhonda P.

doi:10.2523/37886-ms

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“…The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was engaged to provide laboratory and field measurements on proposed and new methods for measuring heavy crude vapor pressures. 3 We have developed and tested an apparatus that is similar in concept to the Reid vapor pressure system but which overcomes many of the problems inherent in the Reid method. The procedure developed for the apparatus incorporates gas chromatographic analysis to correct for the contribution of nonregulated compounds.…”

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Vapor Pressure Measurement System for Heavy Crude Oils

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1999

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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We describe a new, simple apparatus that permits accurate measurement of reactive organic carbon vapor pressure from heavy crude oils when used with a gas chromatograph. The apparatus is analogous to the Reid vapor pressure apparatus that is used for vapor pressure measurement of light hydrocarbons. This system overcomes many of the shortcomings experienced when the Reid method is applied to heavy crudes. We explain the operation of the system and present results from measurement of heavy crudes from Southern California. Measurements on oil samples collected from storage tanks agreed well with analysis of headspace gases in the tanks.

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