Paraffin wax fractionation: State of the art vs. supercritical fluid fractionation

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-54

  Crause, J C ^a   Nieuwoudt, I ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Paraffin wax; Short path distillation; Static crystallisation; Supercritical fluid fractionation

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISTILLATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FRACTIONATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID;

EID: 0043028554     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-8446(02)00185-7     Document Type: Article

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