Phase behavior of Athabasca vacuum bottoms + n-alkane mixtures

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-272

  Zhou, Xiangyang ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Shaw, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; HEPTANE; PETROLEUM REFINING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION;

ATHABASCA VACUUM BOTTOMS; DECANE; DODECANE;

PARAFFINS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; HEPTANE; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM REFINING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION;

ALKENE; ASPHALTENE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250025907     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/97661-pa     Document Type: Article

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