Wax Deposition Model Validation Data from Cold Finger Experiments

An experimentally validated model for paraffin wax deposition from flowing oil onto a cold surface. The model predicts the evolution of deposit thickness, temperature, and wax concentration and was validated using cylindrical cold finger experiments. It was authored by Luqman Hakim Ahmad Mahir from the University of Michigan.

Use Cases

• Predicting wax deposit thickness over time based on heat and mass transfer balances.
• Modeling the spatial and temporal evolution of temperature within a wax deposit.
• Simulating wax concentration changes in oil flow under cooling conditions.
• Analyzing deposit growth and sloughing behavior for oils with a critical solid wax concentration (Cpi).

Strengths

• Model solves transient energy and mass balances simultaneously.
• Validation is based on physical experiments involving a cylindrical cold finger.
• Model accounts for yield stress effects using a critical solid wax concentration parameter (Cpi).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Michigan

Collection Method

Experimental validation using a cylindrical cold finger apparatus.