RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF OILS IN A MAGNETIC FIELD
Yu. V. Loskutov and N. V. Yudina UDC 662.276.438.3:622.276.72 The influence of magnetic treatment parameters on the rheological properties of oils has been investigated. It has been noted that the strongest effect on these properties is produced by the regime of magnetic treatment - steady-state or flowing, the volume rate of oil flow, and the induction value of the magnetoactivator magnetic field. The optimal regimes of magnetic treatment have been determined. It has been shown that treatment of oil with a magnetic field promotes a decrease in the solidification temperature and the amount of asphalt-resin deposits. Institute of Oil Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Akademicheskii Ave., Tomsk, 634021, Russia. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 102-109, January-February, 2006. Original article submitted July 20, 2004; revision submitted March 28, 2005.