Measurement of the liquid-deposit interface temperature during solids deposition from wax-solvent mixtures under static cooling conditions

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1174-1182

  Bidmus, Hamid ^a   Mehrotra, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; COOLING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LIQUIDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; SOLVENTS;

COOLANT TEMPERATURES; COOLING CONDITIONS; CYLINDRICAL VESSELS; INTERFACE TEMPERATURES; LAYER THICKNESSES; MODELING; PARAFFINIC SOLVENTS; PETROLEUM WAXES; RADIAL LOCATIONS; RATE OF CHANGES; SOLIDS DEPOSITIONS; SOLVENT MIXTURES; WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURES; WAX CRYSTALS;

MIXTURES;

EID: 53849140617     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef700588y     Document Type: Article

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