Introduction to crude oil wax crystallization kinetics: Process modeling

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1360-1368

  Zougari, Mohammed I ^a   Sopkow, Terry ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

CRUDE OILS CRYSTALLIZATION; NON-ISOTHERMAL KINETICS;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 33847628358     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie061002g     Document Type: Article

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