Role of pressure in coking of thin films of bitumen

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 773-780

  Gray, Murray R ^a   Le, Tuyet ^a   Wu, Xin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Bubbling; Coking; Oil sands; Thermal cracking

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COKING; OIL SANDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BUBBLING; THERMAL CRACKING;

THIN FILMS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COKING; OIL SANDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 36048936301     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450850523     Document Type: Article

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