Thermal cracking of the light aromatic fraction of Safaniya crude oil - experimental study and compositional modelling of molecular classes

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1130-1154

  Al Darouich, T ^a,b   Behar, F ^a   Largeau, C ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CONVERSION; LABORATORY PYROLYSES; METHYLAROMATICS; THERMAL CRACKING;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC POLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PYROLYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINETICS; LABORATORY METHOD; MODELING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; RESERVOIR; SOFTWARE; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 33747889257     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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