Modeling high-pressure wax formation in petroleum fluids

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2089-2097

  Sansot, Jean Marc ^a   Pauly, Jérôme ^a   Daridon, Jean Luc ^a   Coutinho, Joao A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

High pressure; Petroleum; Solid fluid equilibrium; Wax; Wax appearance temperature (WAT)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HYDROCARBONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; WAXES;

HIGH PRESSURE; MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS; SOLID FLUID EQUILIBRIUM; WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURE (WAT);

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

MODELING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; WAX;

EID: 23844532721     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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