Modeling of gas condensates properties using continuous distribution functions for the characterisation of the heavy fraction

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 255-276

  Sportisse, M ^a   Barreau, A ^a   Ungerer, P ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Cubic EOS; Gas condensate; Heavy fraction characterisation; PVT data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000362631     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3812(97)00178-7     Document Type: Article

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