Effects of asphaltene content on the heavy oil viscosity at different temperatures

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1069-1078

  Luo, Peng ^a   Gu, Yongan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asphaltene content; Heavy oil viscosity; Viscosity modeling

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; OLEFINS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

ASPHALTENE CONTENTS; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES; HEAVY OIL VISCOSITY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33846227133     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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