Ionic liquids: Novel solvents for petroleum asphaltenes

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 564-567

  Liu, Yansheng ^a   Hu, Yufeng ^a   Wang, Haibo ^b   Xu, Chunming ^a   Ji, Dejun ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Guo, Tianmin ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Asphaltenes; Ionic liquids; Solvents

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DISSOLUTION; IONS; LIQUIDS; MICROWAVE HEATING; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIONS; ASPHALTENES; CATIONS; CONJUGATED AROMATIC CORE; HYDROGEN BOND ACCEPTORS; IONIC LIQUIDS; NONSOLVENTS;

ASPHALT;

ASPHALTENE; SOLVENT;

EID: 26944488346     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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