Study on Heavy Oil Viscosity Reduction by Ultrasound and Parameter Optimization Based on COMSOL Simulation
Abstract
Heavy oil is very thick and flows badly. So it is hard to get heavy oil from the ground. This paper uses ultrasound to make heavy oil less thick. First, this paper studies how ultrasound works. Ultrasound can break the material inside heavy oil. Then, this paper uses COMSOL to build a model. It studies how frequency and voltage affect the sound field in heavy oil. The study shows that the best effect is at 20kHz. Sound pressure becomes higher when voltage is higher. Using right frequency and higher voltage can make ultrasound work better. This gives help for making better ultrasound equipment.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena
Petroleum Processing and Analysis
Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Applied and Computational Engineering
- Volume
- 229
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 11–20
- Publication date
- 16 March 2026
- Language
- EN