Wax precipitation modeled with many mixed solid phases

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 298-308

  Heidemann, Robert A ^a   Madsen, Jesper ^a   Stenby, Erling H ^b   Andersen, Simon I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISSOLUTION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PARAFFINS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY);

LOWER TEMPERATURE SOLID PHASES; SOLID PHASES; WILSON ACTIVITY COEFFICIENT MODEL;

WAXES;

ALKANE; DECANE; WAX;

BINARY MIXTURE; PRECIPITATION; WAX;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; COUTINHO UNIQUAC MODEL; COUTINHO WILSON ACTIVITY COEFFICIENT MODEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SOLID; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 12344263774     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10292     Document Type: Review

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