Up to what temperature is petroleum stable? New insights from a 5200 free radical reactions model

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1487-1499

  Dominé, Florent ^a   Bounaceur, Roda ^b   Scacchi, Gerard ^b   Marquaire, Paul Marie ^b   Dessort, Daniel ^c   Pradier, Bernard ^c   Brevart, Olivier ^c  

^a Carbochem   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC HYDROCARBONS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS MODEL; REACTION INHIBITORS; THERMOCHEMISTRY-REACTIVITY CORRELATIONS;

CONDENSATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FREE RADICALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

CONDENSATE; CRUDE OIL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREE RADICAL; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PETROLEUM; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0242314497     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00108-0     Document Type: Article

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