| CPC C10G 75/02 (2013.01) [B01J 19/18 (2013.01); C12M 37/06 (2013.01); C12M 41/38 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00164 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00189 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00245 (2013.01); C10G 2300/208 (2013.01); C10G 2300/80 (2013.01); C12M 1/02 (2013.01); C12M 1/121 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. An apparatus to simulate biocide performance in crude oil pipeline conditions, the apparatus comprising:
a reactor to simulate a two-phase crude oil pipeline and including a crude oil phase above a water phase, the reactor comprising an agitator to control a flow of the water phase in the reactor in response to a motor that drives an agitation rate of the agitator;
a crude oil inlet to supply crude oil to the reactor for the crude oil phase;
a water inlet to supply water to the reactor for the water phase;
a control circuit configured by logic or code to:
control a proportion of the water to the crude oil supplied to the reactor by the crude oil inlet and the water inlet, and
control the motor to drive a desired agitation rate of the agitator;
a biocide inlet to supply biocide to the reactor;
a water sample outlet to sample the water phase of the reactor; and
a plurality of coupon holders each configured to hold a corrosion coupon at a bottom of the agitated water phase of the reactor during a simulation, and to permit removing and replacing of the corrosion coupon during the simulation.
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