Asphaltene dispersions in dilute oil solutions

Fuel

Volumn 85, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1465-1472

  Evdokimov, Igor N ^a   Eliseev, Nikolay Yu ^a   Akhmetov, Bulat R ^a  

^a GUBKIN RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF OIL AND GAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Asphaltenes; Crude oil; Dispersion; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE SEPARATION; TOLUENE; VISCOSITY;

ASPHALTENES; CRITICAL CONCENTRATIONS; DYNAMIC VISCOSITY; SOLVENT-MEDIATED ATTRACTION; SOLVOPHOBIC EFFECT;

ASPHALT;

EID: 33645546410     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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