Some guidelines for choosing a characterization method for petroleum fractions in process simulators

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 2 A, 2005, Pages 160-166

  Aladwani, H A ^a   Riazi, M R ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Characterization scheme; Petroleum fluids; Process simulators; Selection method; Thermodynamic models

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROCESS CONTROL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACENTRIC FACTORS; CRITICAL CONSTANTS; FLUID MIXTURES; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

GUIDELINE; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 15444362436     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.03338     Document Type: Article

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