Application of the parachor model to the prediction of miscibility in multi-component hydrocarbon systems

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 16, Issue 22 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages

  Ayirala, Subhash C ^a   Rao, Dandina N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPILLARY FLOW; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HYDROCARBONS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VAPORIZATION;

CAPILLARY FORCE; FLUID PHASE; GAS PHASE; VANISHING INTERFACIAL TENSION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 2942755905     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/22/017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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