Sulfur solubility in sour gas: predictions with an equation of state model

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1679-1684

  Karan, Kunal ^a   Heidemann, Robert A ^a   Behie, Leo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF GASES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SOLUBILITY; SOUR GAS; SULFUR; VAPOR PRESSURE;

FUGACITY; PENG-ROBINSON EQUATION OF STATE;

EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES;

SOLUBILITY; SOUR GAS; SULFUR;

EID: 0032071356     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970650k     Document Type: Article

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