A novel photometric technique to detect the onset of asphaltene precipitation at low concentrations: The effect of maltenes and water

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1089-1095

  Horvath Szabo, Geza ^a   Masliyah, Jacob H ^a   Czarnecki, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asphaltene water interaction; Asphaltene association; Asphaltene precipitation; Crude oil; Light adsorption; Light scattering; Maltenes

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOMETRY; TOLUENE;

HEPTANE-TO-TOLUENE RATIO; LINEAR REGIONS; PHOTOMETRIC TECHNIQUE; SCATTERING INTENSITY;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ASPHALTENE;

EID: 13844255278     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820528     Document Type: Article

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