On the effect of wax content on paraffin wax deposition in a batch oscillatory baffled tube apparatus

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-213

  Ismail, Lukman ^a   Westacott, Robin E ^a   Ni, Xiongwei ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avrami theory; Baffles; Bulk crystallisation; Oscillatory motion; Paraffin; Supersaturation; Wax deposition

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DEPOSITION; GAS PIPELINES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SUPERSATURATION;

AVRAMI THEORY; BULK CRYSTALLIZATION; OSCILLATORY MOTION; WAX DEPOSITION;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DEPOSITION; GAS PIPELINES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 38949158766     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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