Flow behavior of Daqing waxy crude oil under simulated pipelining conditions

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2531-2536

  Ding, Jianlin ^a   Zhang, Jinjun ^a   Li, Hongying ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Yang, Xiaojing ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL FIELDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PIPE FLOW; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW; YIELD STRESS;

GEL POINT; RESTARTABILITY; THIXOTROPY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33845991548     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060153t     Document Type: Article

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