Studies on the influence of long chain acrylic esters polymers with polar monomers as crude oil flow improver additives

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 13-14, 2008, Pages 2943-2950

  Erceg Kuzmić, Ana ^a   Radošević, Marko ^a   Bogdanić, Grozdana ^a   Srića, Vlasta ^a   Vuković, Radivoje ^a  

^a INA Industrija Nafte d d   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Flow improver; Polymer additives

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ACRYLICS; ADDITIVES; ALKYLATION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHAIN LENGTH; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICALS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ESTERS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MICROFLUIDICS; MONOMERS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; STYRENE; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TERPOLYMERS; XYLENE;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL) COPOLYMERS; (PL) PROPERTIES; ACRYLIC ACID (PS-PAA); ACRYLIC ESTERS; ALKYL ACRYLATES; ALKYL CHAIN LENGTHS; CROATIA; CRUDE OIL FLOW; CRUDE OILS; ELSEVIER (CO); FLOW PROPERTIES; POLAR MONOMERS; POLYMER ADDITIVES; POLYMERIZATION CONDITIONS; POUR POINTS; PYRROLIDONE; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SHORT STROKE; SOLUTION POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 46149122057     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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