Modeling wax deposition in pipelines

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 821-861

  Ramirez Jaramillo, E ^a   Lira Galeana, C ^a   Manero, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN MATERIALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Modelling; Multicomponent mixture; Non Newtonian fluids; Wax deposition

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; WAXES;

MODELING; MULTICOMPONENT MIXTURES; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; WAX DEPOSITION;

PIPELINES;

EID: 4043051075     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-120038726     Document Type: Conference Paper

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