A Continuous Model for C7+ Fraction Characterization of Petroleum Fluids

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4299-4307

  Riazi, Mohammad R ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DISTRIBUTION MODELS; PROPERTY DISTRIBUTIONS;

PETROLEUM DISTILLATES;

EID: 0031256950     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970260y     Document Type: Article

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