A reproducible and linear method for separating asphaltenes from crude oil

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 929-934

  Theuerkorn, Katja ^a   Horsfield, Brian ^a   Wilkes, Heinz ^a   di Primio, Rolando ^a   Lehne, Eric ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(PL) PROPERTIES; AGING TIME; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ASPHALTENE (AS); CHARGING (MATERIALS); COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS; CRUDE OILS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN-SITU; N-HEXANE; PETROLEUM ASPHALTENES; REPRODUCIBILITY; S OURCE ROCKS; SEPARATION METHODS; SETTLING TIME; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY (SSIM);

COAL LIQUEFACTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FILTRATION; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HEXANE; HISTORY; ISOMERS; LINEARIZATION; METHANOL; POROUS MATERIALS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEPARATION; SOLVENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ASPHALTENES;

ASPHALTENE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRUDE OIL; KEROGEN; SEPARATION; SOLVENT; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 48049108204     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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