Heavy oil and bitumen dehydration - A comparison between disc-stack centrifuges and conventional separation technology

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-160

  Agrell, Johan ^a   Faucher, Mark ^a  

^a ALFA LAVAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CENTRIFUGATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DROPS; EMULSIONS; REMOVAL;

CONVENTIONAL STATIC SEPARATION; DISK-STACK CENTRIFUGE; GRAVITY-BASED SEPARATION;

DEHYDRATION;

ASPHALTENES; CENTRIFUGATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEHYDRATION; DROPS; EMULSIONS; REMOVAL;

BITUMEN; CENTRIFUGE; CRUDE OIL; DEHYDRATION; EMULSION; EXPLOITATION; HEAVY OIL; SEPARATION;

EID: 34250005205     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/97913-pa     Document Type: Article

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