Three phase K-values of heavy paraffins and crude oil pseudocomponents in presence of water

Society of Petroleum Engineers - International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium 1997, ITOHOS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 219-229

  Wu, C H ^a   Beladi, M K ^b   Xue, G P ^b   Barrufet, M ^a   Chawla, I ^b   Liu, K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; DISTILLATION; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PARAFFINS; PHASE COMPOSITION;

COMPONENT PROPERTIES; PRESENCE OF WATER; PROCESS EVALUATION; PSEUDO-COMPONENTS; QUATERNARY MIXTURES; SATURATION PRESSURE; SYSTEM TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PHASE COMPOSITIONS;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 0005064271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/37537-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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