In industrial practice, tubular heating is known as an effective technology to ensure the
security storage of waxy crude oil in the tank. Insights of the thermal and flow behaviors …

Research on thermal behaviors under the synergy of mechanical stirring and tubular heating
can reveal the effect mechanism of mechanical stirring, and determine the optimal stirring …

When considering the natural flow processes in crude oil in static storage tanks, researchers
usually treat the nonlinear heat and mass transfer and flow using integer-order models …

Abstract 100,000 m 3 double-plate floating roof oil tank is the most widely used tank for waxy
crude oil storage in petroleum industry. A detailed study on the heat transfer characteristics …

The purpose of this attempt is mainly to investigate the thermal characteristics of waxy crude
oil under different physical properties and to explore their quantitative relationship, which is …

Single and double-plate floating roof oil tanks are two types of widely used floating roof oil
tanks in petrochemical industry. However, the differences in flow and hear transfer …

Taking into account the characteristics of non-Newtonian fluids and the influence of latent
heat of wax crystallization, this study establishes physical and mathematical models for the …

By using the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method to capture the phase interface, the porous media
method to characterize the gelling structure of waxy crude oil, the physical and mathematical …

With the increasing demand for crude oil reserves, storage tanks are being developed on a
large scale, and heating energy consumption is gradually increasing. Hence, it is necessary …

Internal floating-roof tanks (IFRTs) are widely used to store light oil and chemical products.
However, if the annular-rim gap around the floating deck becomes wider due to abrasion …