Application of magnetic treatment to changing the composition and physicochemical properties of crude oil and petroleum products

Abstract

The effect of magnetic field on the composition and physicochemical properties of oil and petroleum products is described. Experimental data are presented, illustrating that the structure of heavy oil residues (HORs) of different origin can be changed upon exposure to a magnetic field. The effect of exposure time and power of magnetic field on changes in the composition of HOR solutions in various solvents (toluene, n-hexane, dichloromethane, and isopentane) is studied. The use of magnetic field at the stage of sample preparation of solutions is proposed in the identification of heavy oil residues and the elucidation of their origin based on gas chromatography with a mass-selective detector (GC–MS).