PV Curve

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From the plot of the set pressure and the measured volume during the CME , the sudden increase in cell volume occurred at P = 2350 psig which represent the bubble point pressure of the sample at isothermal temperature = 80oC and CO2 concentration is 25%. The gas bubbles appeared clearly in this test due to higher CO2 concentration and led to higher bubble point pressure for the fluid sample at this tested concentration.

Viscosity vs. Pressure

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This graph represent the relation between the pressure during the CME test and the viscosity values measured by the viscometer at each pressure step at an isothermal temperature = 80oC and CO2 concentration = 25%. A typical trend appeared from the experimental tests which is a decrease in viscosity during the depressurization process at pressures above the bubble point because of the fluid expansion and then an increase in viscosity during the depressurization process at pressures below the bubble point pressure due to lighter components liberation from the fluid sample in the form of gas phase. General observation on the viscosity values is that a larger reduction appeared due to higher CO2 concentration in the fluid sample which makes it lighter.

Number of particles vs. Pressure

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This graph represent the number of particles detected in the fluid sample during the depressurization process. At the beginning of the process the number of particles keeps increasing normally until a huge jump appeared in the number of particles which indicates the asphaltene onset pressure where a release of the most solid particles in the sample happened. After the onset pressure the number of particles start to decrease steeply due to the aggregation and the accumulation of the particles forming less particles until stability is reached at lower pressure.

Viscosity vs. Number of particles before Precipitation

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This graph shows the relation between the number of particles and the viscosity. The trend shows that as the number of particles increases the viscosity decreases before the precipitation occurs. The reason of the reduction in this part of depressurization is that the effect of volume expansion is larger than the effect of the increasing number of particles on the viscosity which is as a result of stability of particles.

Viscosity vs. Number of particles after Precipitation

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Another relation between the same parameter after the occurrence of the precipitation. An opposite trend happened that is the viscosity starts to increase as the number of particles increase. In this part, the unstability of the particles distribution in the fluid affect the viscosity more than the volume expansion because of an apparent turbulence caused by the unstable particles.

Can u plot the last two graphs on a same sheet for good understanding/