Modeling of mass transfer and thermal cracking during the coking of Athabasca residues

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1683-1691

  Radmanesh, Ramin ^a   Chan, Edward ^b   Gray, Murray R ^c  

^a E I du Pont Canada Company   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Coking; Diffusion; Heavy oil; Mass transfer; Thermal cracking

Indexed keywords

COKING; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FILM THICKNESS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEATING RATE; LIQUID FILMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REACTION KINETICS; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY;

BITUMEN; THERMAL CRACKING;

MASS TRANSFER;

COKING; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FILM THICKNESS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEATING RATE; LIQUID FILMS; MASS TRANSFER; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REACTION KINETICS; THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 39049159998     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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