Thermodynamics of wax precipitation under the influence of magnetic fields

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2887-2897

  Canas Marin W A ^a   Ortiz Arango, J D ^a   Guerrero Aconcha, U E ^a   Lira Galeana, C ^b  

^a Butterfly Environment and Oil Services Ltd   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Equation of state; Magnetic fields; Phase equilibrium model; Wax precipitation

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MIXTURES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; WAX PRECIPITATION;

WAXES;

EQUATIONS OF STATE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MIXTURES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WAXES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MIXTURES; PRECIPITATION; WAX;

EID: 33746926011     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10876     Document Type: Article

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