Upgrading of Orinoco Belt crude oil and its fractions by an electrochemical system in the presence of protonating agents

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-172

  Ovalles, Cesar ^a   Rojas, Iraima ^a   Acevedo, Socrates ^b   Escobar, Gaston ^b   Jorge, Gilberto ^b   Gutierrez, Luis B ^b   Rincon, Alfredo ^b   Scharifker, Benjamin ^c  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Electrochemical system; Upgrading crude oil

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; METHANOL; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

DEMETALLIZATION; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; ETHIOVANADYL PORPHYRIN; HAMACA ASPHALTENE; HAMACA PETROPORPHYRIN; PROTONATING AGENTS; VACUUM RESIDUE;

PETROLEUM REFINING;

EID: 0030206941     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3820(96)01034-X     Document Type: Article

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