State of the art of gas/liquid cylindrical-cyclone compact-separator technology

JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 58-65

  Shoham, Ovodia ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Kouba, Gene E ^a,b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^c Department of Petroleum Engineering ^*  (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g Prod Operations Technical Committee   (United States)

^h OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002582304     PISSN: 01492136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/39600-JPT     Document Type: Article

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