Flow enhancement of medium-viscosity crude oil

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 985-999

  Ghannam, Mamdouh T ^a   Esmail, Nabil ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow improver; Loss modulus; Storage modulus; Viscosity reduction; Water oil emulsion

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KEROSENE; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PREHEATING; VISCOSITY;

FLOW IMPROVER; LOSS MODULUS; STORAGE MODULUS; WATER IN OIL EMULSION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33746624738     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-200048166     Document Type: Article

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