Etude du comportement thermique des n-alcanes dans des milieux hydrocarbones complexes par analyse calorimetrique differentielle. I. Etude du comportement thermique des n-alcanes en programmation lineaire de temperature

Middle distillates contain various amounts of n-alkanes which are responsible for low temperature properties. The thermal behavior of 14 alkanes ranging from n-C₁₂H₂₆ to C₂₅H₅₂ has been studied by means of a Mettler TA 2000 B heat flow DSC. Different hydrocarbon matrices such as gas oil (diesel) where n-alkanes have previously been removed, kerosene and gas oil containing a known distribution of n-alkanes have been used. A comparative study of the values of the enthalpy of dissolution obtained for each n-alkane in a gas oil with or without a distribution of n-alkanes has been carried out.