Thermodynamic Modeling of Wax Precipitation in Crude Oils1 1 Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10272029).

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 685-689

  CHEN, Wuhua ^a   ZHAO, Zongchang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

solid liquid equilibrium; solid solid transition; thermodynamic model; wax precipitation; waxy crude oil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

SOLID-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM; SOLID-SOLID TRANSITION; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; WAX PRECIPITATION; WAXY CRUDE OIL;

WAXES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WAXES;

PRECIPITATION; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WAX;

EID: 33750730969     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1004-9541(06)60135-3     Document Type: Article

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