Study of hydrate formation kinetics in petroleum pipes by the phase field

Heat Transfer Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-315

  Oliveira, Mabelle B ^a   De Castro, José A ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COOLING; GAS HYDRATES; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRATION; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; WETTING;

FINITE VOLUMES; GAS HYDRATES FORMATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATIONS; HYDRATE FORMATIONS; HYDRATE GROWTHS; INTERFACE INSTABILITIES; INTERFACE MORPHOLOGIES; INTERFACE ROUGHNESSES; MODELING; PHASE FIELD EQUATIONS; PHASE FIELD PARAMETERS; PHASE FIELDS; RANDOM DISTRIBUTIONS; SUPER-COOLING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 54349091869     PISSN: 01457632     EISSN: 15210537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01457630802381889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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