Comparison of probability distribution functions for fitting distillation curves of petroleum

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2955-2963

  Sánchez, Sergio ^a   Ancheyta, Jorge ^a,b   McCaffrey, William C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISTILLATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DISTILLATION CURVES; KUMARASWAMY; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; WEIBULL EXTREME; WEIBULL FUNCTIONS;

PETROLEUM DISTILLATES;

EID: 35349003282     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef070003y     Document Type: Article

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