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.