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QS Energy Launches On-Site AOT Benchmarking Program to Accelerate Efficacy Testing of Viscosity Reduction Technology by Pipeline Operators
QS Energy Launches On-Site AOT Benchmarking Program to Accelerate Efficacy Testing of Viscosity Reduction Technology by Pipeline Operators.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nQS Energy Launches On-Site AOT Benchmarking Program to Accelerate Efficacy Testing of Viscosity Reduction Technology by Pipeline Operators\n\nQS Energy Launches On-Site AOT Benchmarking Program to Accelerate Efficacy Testing of Viscosity Reduction Technology by Pipeline Operators\n\nSANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - December 07, 2016) - QS Energy, Inc. (the \"Company\") (OTCQX: QSEP), a developer of integrated technology solutions for the energy industry, today announced that is now making available a portable, reduced-scale AOT (Applied Oil Technology) system for on-site testing of crude oil upon request by producers and transporters of unrefined petroleum products. Designed to be installed temporarily at customer facilities, the fully functional demonstration AOT unit can perform laboratory-grade analysis to measure the efficacy of the technology in reducing the viscosity of a series of grades and blends of crude oil using QS Energy's patented electrorheological process. \"Following viscosity testing of crude oil samples at Temple University's Department of Physics laboratory, many of our customers request further analysis of their hydrocarbon production at their facilities,\" stated Greggory M. Bigger, QS Energy Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. \"Having the benefit of this AOT demonstration unit enables us to pursue these opportunities efficiently and at reasonable customer cost while greatly accelerating the path toward full-scale AOT installations.\"Originally fabricated for a series of in-depth efficacy tests conducted at Southern Research in Alabama, the specially constructed AOT benchmarking unit provides for a variety of testing protocols which simulate the functionality of a full-size AOT system installed on a commercial crude oil pipeline. To ensure maximum accuracy and a detailed analysis of the results, the reduced-scale AOT unit includes pumps, viscometers, thermocouples, and a data acquisition system.\"Our goal is to streamline the process of gathering the necessary engineering parameters and hydraulic analysis data to more efficiently transition the customer from an evaluation phase to a permanent deployment,\" Mr. Bigger added. \"By making this on-site demonstration of our technology's efficacy available to producers and transporters anywhere in the world we can document definitively the potential flow vo...