Applying the PR-EOS to predict the onset of asphaltene precipitation from n-alkane diluted bitumens

Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 111-119

  Soroush, Samaneh ^a   Vafaie Sefti, Mohsen ^a   Masoudi, Rahim ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b R and D Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asphaltene; Onset; PR equation of state; Precipitation; Regular solution theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049085330     PISSN: 10219986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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