Deposition under turbulent flow of wax-solvent mixtures in a bench-scale flow-loop apparatus with heat transfer

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1263-1276

  Fong, Nelson ^a   Mehrotra, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXTURES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW;

STEADY-STATE HEAT-TRANSFER MODEL; WAX-SOLVENT MIXTURES;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

EID: 34250167264     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef0603784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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