Solids deposition from multicomponent wax-solvent mixtures in a benchscale flow-loop apparatus with heat transfer

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1387-1398

  Parthasarathi, Prashanth ^a   Mehrotra, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEPOSITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; SOLIDS; SOLVENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOW LOOP APPARATUS; MULTICOMPONENT WAX SOLVENT MIXTURES; SOLIDS DEPOSITION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

EID: 23444446330     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef0497107     Document Type: Article

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