Comparative study of solvents for the extraction of aromatics from naphtha

Energy Sources

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-84

  Hamid, Syed Halim ^a   Ali, Mohammed Ashraf ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

3 methoxypropionitrile; Dimethylsulfoxide; Ethylene glycol; Naphtha; Nitrobenzene; Phenol; Saudi Arabian light crude; Solvent capacity; Solvent extraction; Sulfolane

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GLYCOLS; PHENOLS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIMETHYLSULFOXIDE; METHOXYPROPIONITRILE; NITROBENZENE; SAUDI ARABIAN LIGHT CRUDE; SOLVENT CAPACITY; SULFOLANE;

NAPHTHAS;

EID: 0029753566     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319608908748     Document Type: Article

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