Modeling of deposition from "waxy" mixtures in a pipeline under laminar flow conditions via moving boundary formulation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 8728-8737

  Bhat, Nitin V ^a   Mehrotra, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW;

DEPOSIT THICKNESS; EUTECTIC MIXTURES; FLOW CONDITIONS;

PIPELINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPELINES;

EID: 33846102963     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0601706     Document Type: Article

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