AN ELECTRIC SOURCE

Technical Field of the Invention

[001] This invention relates to a method and instrument using an electric source . The used method is a method of molecular heating, splitting, and polarizing integration. The method can be used to optimize thick oil production.

Background of the Invention

[002] Resistance to the flow of thick oil in a pipe is caused by the low mobility of the thick oil and the reduction in the diameter of the pipe due to the buildup of thick oil and the non-flowing follow-up materials . These flow resistances continually exert an effect of blockages that may disrupt the progress of oil production.

[003] One of the technologies that may be implemented is increasing the mobility of thick oil by a method of molecular heating, splitting, and polarizing integration.

[004] Some technologies that may be implemented to reduce the flow resistances are included in Patent Document No . EP0038655A2 of Improvements in Pipe Induction Heating, this invention relates to the heat treatment of pipes in a field or an environment wherein access to the corresponding main electricity and gas service supply is not available . US Patent No . US20130341320A1 , of the Induction Heating Apparatus for Pipeline Connections, the device discloses of induction heater for use in heating pipe connections comprising frames and coils made from Litz wires . Meanwhile, some of the results of the invention related to magnetic technology is included in Patent Document No . US5453188A of the Magnetic Apparatus for Preventing Deposit Formation in Flowing Fluids, which includes a method to prevent and minimize formation of paraffin and asphalt deposits by increasing the turbulence of various electrically charged microscopic particles which fills in the colloid suspension of a crude oil , using the effect of Lorentz force acting on the liquid which flowed by . Patent No. US4430785A of the Method of Manufacturing a Magnetic Fuel or Water Treatment Device, this invention relates to the device for magnetic treatment to reduce a buildup associated with magnetic treatment such as : liquid fuels, natural gas , oil and the like, in order to improve combustion efficiency and to reduce the production of air pollutants . Finally, some of the results of the invention which relate to ultrasonic is Patent Document No . US4945937A of the Use of Ultrasonic Energy in the Transfer of Waxy Crude Oil, this invention relates to an ultrasonic energy applied to liquid crude oil and solid polymer wool crystal modifiers to produce modifying solvents in crude oil , thereby reducing the crude oil viscosity. Patent Document No . US20100101978A1 of Flow- through Cavitation-assisted Rapid Modification of crude oil, this invention relates to control the formation of cavitation bubbles in a chemical reactions .

[005] None of these documents disclose of a method of molecular heating using induction heaters, molecular splitting using ultrasonic cavitation, molecular polarizing using magnetic field pulses integratedly .

Summary of the Invention

[006] This invention relates to an integrated method which is intended to reduce the resistances in thick oil flows in a pipeline . The method is processed using a device comprising an induction heating coil , a piezoresistive or magnetostrietive ultrasonic , a magnetic pulse coil , a frequency control module , and a transformer .

[007] The working principle of the device model uses electric power from a transformer which is converted into a direct current (DC) power source . The direct current power is converted to be a frequency using a frequency control module that will be used for induction heating, cavitation ultrasonic , and magnetic pulses . The device is installed by covering the pipe without changing any of the pipe basic construction (see Figure 2) .

[008] By using the device, oil which is subj ected to the process of heating, splitting, and polarization, will then subjected to :

1. A change in the composition of a long carbon chain to be a simple carbon chain.

2. A change in the character of a heavy oil (smaller than) < 10 - 22.3°API to become a light oil (greater than) > 22.3 °API .

3. A decrease in the viscosity from (greater than) > 1000 cP to become (smaller than) < 500 cP.

Brief Description of the Figures

[009] Figure 1 is the method scheme .

[0010] Figure 2 is the device model that covers the pipe .

[0011] Figure 3 is the location of the device model implementation.

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0012] Resistances to the flow of thick oil in the pipe are caused by a low mobility of the thick oil and the reduction in the diameter of the pipe due to the buildup of the thick oil and the non-flowing follow-up materials .

[0013] One of the technologies that may be implemented is increasing the mobility of the thick oil by a method of molecular heating, splitting, and polarizing integration. [0014] The method of heating using electromagnetic induction wave has an effect of eddy current on the material which leads to heat increasing.

[0015] The method of molecular splitting using ultrasonic cavitation wave results in high and low pressures alternately. In the low pressure cycle, it produces a small vacuum bubble in the fluid which is split out while entering the high pressure cycle . The low and high pressures cycles alternately create an explosion of cavitation which result in a strong hydrodynamic shear force . This shear force results in a disintegration of oil molecules into smaller sizes and breaks down the chemical bonds .

[0016] The method of polarization using magnetic field pulses produces a Lorentz force which can maintain the polarization stability of the oil particles . The polarization stability of the oil particles may keep the crystallization still in the oil suspension.

[0017] The method integration of heating, splitting, and polarizing becomes an integrated entity which relates to each other. The process of electromagnetic induction creates heat to the oil up to (greater than) > 300° C and an ion exchange process occurs due to the presence of electromagnetic induction waves . The process of electromagnetic induction may increase the effectiveness of the ultrasonic cavitation process . The cavitation explosion results in a disintegration of the long carbon chain into the simple one, a change in the characteristic from a heavy oil (smaller than) < 10 - 22.3 °API to be a light oil (greater than) _> 22.3°API , and a decreasing in the viscosity from (greater than) > 1000 cP to (smaller than) < 500 cP. The polarization process can maintain the stability of particles crystallization in the oil suspension and decrease the accumulation of lime deposits in water . All of this process will reduce the resistances of oil flows in the pipeline which is characterized by a decrease in the gradient pressure in the pipe, which has implications for oil production optimization.