University of Zaxo

Department of petroleum engineering

Laboratory of petroleum properties - second stage

Laboratory of petroleum properties

Prepared by :
Hevin.M.Zaki

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 Experiment No.(4)

Measurement of Cloud point and pour point

List of content: Page No.
1) Aim (purpose) ……………………….(3)
2) Theory ……………………….(3&4)
3) Equipment ……………………..(4)
4) Calculation …………………….(5)
5) conclusion ……. ………….(5)
6) Discussion ……………………..(6)

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1-Aim :
Determination of cloud and pour point of heavily liquid petroleum products.

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2-Theory:

Cloud point:
The cloud point is the temperature at which dissolved
solids in the oil,( such as paraffin wax), begin to form and
separate from the oil. As the temperature drops, wax
crystallizes and becomes visible. Certain oils must be
maintained at temperatures above the cloud point to prevent
clogging of filters.
The pour point:
Is the temperature at which no flow of oil is visible
over a period of five seconds from a standard measuring
vessel.
The pour point of crude oils generally varies from
−60 to 30°C.
Lighter oils with low viscosities generally have
lower pour points. As oils are made up of hundreds of
compounds, some of which may still be liquid at the
pour point, the pour point is not the temperature at
which oil will no longer pour. The pour point
represents a consistent temperature at which oil will
pour very slowly and therefore has limited use as an
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 indicator of the state of the oil. For example, waxy oils
can have very low pour point, but may continue to
spread slowly at that temperature and can evaporate to
a significant degree. The pour point of oil is measured
by ASTM method D97.
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3-Apparatus:
1. Sample
2. Thermometer
3. Beaker
4. Cork
5. Testing jar
6. Cooling bath

Figure:

Pour point vs. Cloud point

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4-Result:
We got no result

5-Conclusion:

Our objective in this experiment is to determine the cloud point

and pour point for olive oil. First Oil is poured into the test jar
up to the level mark. The test jar is closed with the cork carrying
the thermometer. The test jar surrounded by the air jacked is
kept in the freezing mixture and it is allowed to cool. The falling
temperature was observed with every degree fall of temperature
in the given sample. The temperature at which the cloudiness
appeared was noted as the cloud point. The temperature at
which the oil does not flow in the tube even when kept horizontal
for 5sec is recorded as pour point.
Based on our result and by referring to our sources that we
have, we didn’t get any result that that because our refrigerator
wasn’t cool enough as the condition of the experiment should
be, since the cooling bath or refrigerator (-18∓1.5 ℃)if the
sample temperature(9 to -6℃)so the condition wasn’t suitable.

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6-Discossion:

Q- Pour point and freezing point is equal for:

a) Petrol
b) Diesel
c) Water
d) Crude oil
C) Water is correct