Kinetic Study of Asphaltene Dissolution in Amphiphile/Alkane Solutions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3960-3967

  Permsukarome, Pornruedee ^a   Chang, Chialu ^b,c   Fogler, H Scott ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL PAPER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFINS; PHENOLS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AMPHIPHILES; ASPHALTENES; LANGMUIR HINSHELDWOOD KINETICS;

ASPHALT;

CRUDE OIL; REMOVAL;

EID: 0031231056     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970177a     Document Type: Article

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