Molecular thermodynamics of asphaltene precipitation in reservoir fluids

AIChE Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 197-209

  Wu, Jianzhong ^a   Prausnitz, John M ^a   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE EFFECTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR THERMODYNAMICS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

ASPHALTENE; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPHALTENE; RESERVOIR FLUID; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERBARISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033957656     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690460120     Document Type: Article

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