Low-temperature oxidation of oils in terms of SARA fractions: Why simple reaction models don't work

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 54-61

  Freitag, Norman P ^a   Verkoczy, Bela ^a  

^a SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; RECOVERY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); VOLUME FRACTION;

ARRHENIUS-RATE EQUATIONS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION (LTO); REACTION MODELS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 17444391222     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/05-03-05     Document Type: Article

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