Asphalt Flocculation and Deposition: I. The Onset of Precipitation

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-22

  Rassamdana, Hossein ^a   Dabir, Bahram ^b   Nematy, Mehdi ^b   Farhani, Minoo ^c   Sahimi, Muhammad ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEPOSITION; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; FLOCCULATION; GELATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS;

FLORY-HUGGINS THEORY; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POROUS MEDIUM; SCALING FUNCTION; SOAVE EQUATION OF STATE;

ASPHALT;

DEPOSITION; FLOCCULATION; MODEL; PRECIPITATION; REFINERIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029656730     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420104     Document Type: Article

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