The flash Joule heating process turns asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, into graphene for use in composite materials. Asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, are a waste ...

(Nanowerk News) Rice University researchers have developed an easy and accurate technique to detect and quantify the amount of asphaltene precipitated from crude oils, which bedevils the oil industry ...

Muhammad Rahman, an assistant research professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is employing Rice’s unique flash Joule heating process to convert asphaltenes instantly into turbostratic ...

Scientists develop a method to improve the detection of asphaltene that precipitates in crude oil and clogs production lines. Rice University researchers have developed an easy and accurate technique ...

The coking stability index (CSI) test, which determines the relative stability of coker furnace feedstocks, is more accurate than historical analytical methods that evaluate the stability of petroleum ...

At the right temperature and pressure, asphaltene molecules in oil moving through a pipeline will precipitate and then aggregate to form hard deposits that can clog the pipe and stop the flow. Rice ...

Petroleum remains a complex and poorly understood material, despite its importance and ubiquity in modern life. And perhaps no fraction of that black gold is less well understood than the fraction ...

(Nanowerk News) Asphaltenes, a byproduct of crude oil production, are a waste material with potential. Rice University scientists are determined to find it by converting the carbon-rich resource into ...