Measurement of the wax appearance temperature of gas-to-liquids products, Alaska North Slope Crude, and their blends

Energy Sources

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 831-838

  Amadi, Samuel U ^a   Dandekar, Abhijit Y ^a   Chukwu, Godwin A ^a   Khataniar, Santanu ^a   Patil, Shirish L ^a   Haslebacher, William F ^b   Chaddock, Joel ^b  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANSC oil; Blends; GTL; TAPS; WAT

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; RELIABILITY; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; WAXES;

ALASKA NORTH SLOPE CRUDE (ANSC) OIL; BLENDS; GAS-TO-LIQUIDS (GTL) TRANSPORTATION; TRANS ALASKA PIPELINE SYSTEM (TAPS); WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURES (WAT);

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 20344404715     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310490450737     Document Type: Article

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