Miscibility determination from gas-oil interfacial tension and P-R equation of state

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-312

  Ayirala, Subhash C ^a   Rao, Dandina N ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Equation of state; Gases; Interface; Interfacial tension; Miscibility; Petroleum; Saturation pressure; Vanishing interfacial tension technique

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION;

SATURATION PRESSURE; VANISHING INTERFACIAL TENSION TECHNIQUE;

SOLUBILITY;

EQUATIONS OF STATE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 36949010992     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450850305     Document Type: Article

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