Phase transformation and rheological behaviour of highly paraffinic "waxy"' mixtures

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-174

  Tiwary, Dharmendra ^a,b   Mehrotra, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Hyprothech Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Paraffin solvent mixture; Phase change; Rheology; Viscosity; Waxy crude oil

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RHEOLOGY; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY; WAXES;

COOLING RATES; SHEAR RATES;

PARAFFINS;

DODECANE; HEXADECANE; PARAFFIN; WAX;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAFFIN; PHASE CHANGE; RHEOLOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS POLAR MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG MIXTURE; FLOW KINETICS; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITION; SHEAR RATE; SOLID; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VISCOMETRY; VISION;

EID: 3242776376     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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