Properly defining the classical vaporizing and condensing mechanisms when a gas is injected into a crude oil

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4860-4869

  Jaubert, Jean Noël ^a   Arras, Lionel ^a   Neau, Evelyne ^b   Avaullee, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Bât A9 ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; SOLUBILITY; VAPORIZATION;

CELL SIMULATION ALGORITHM; GAS INJECTION; VAPORIZING GAS DRIVE MECHANISM (VGDM);

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

PETROLEUM;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAS FLOW; MISCIBILITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRESSURE; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0032465979     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9803016     Document Type: Article

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