Obstruction of pipelines due to paraffin deposition during the flow of crude oils

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4319-4328

  Ribeiro, Flávio S ^a   Souza Mendes, Paulo R ^a   Braga, Sergio L ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAFFINS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WALL FLOW;

AXIAL POSITION; FLOW RATE;

FLOWLINES;

CRUDE OIL; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OIL PIPELINE;

EID: 0031280038     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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