This laboratory is equipped with the facilities to observe and measure phase behavior and properties of hydrocarbon fluids and formation water. Fluid properties lab serves as a hands-on and complementary teaching environment to PET 311E and PET 321 courses.
The equipment in the lab are
- Distilled water unit
- Drying oven
- Centrifuge
- Crude oil distillation unit
- Saybolt-Furol viscometer
- Kinematic viscosity tube sets
- Rheometer
- Temperature controlled water baths
- Precision balances
- Ruska PVT equipment
- Hydrometer set
- Open/Closed cup flash point apparatus
- Computer controlled De Nouy tensiometer
- Gas Chromatograph (for HT SIMDIST applications)
- Water analysis equipment and chemicals