Selective rejection of inorganic fine solids, heavy metals, and sulfur from heavy oils/bitumen using alkane solvents

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 7103-7112

  Zou, Xiang Yang ^a,b   Dukhedin Lalla, Leisl ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Shaw, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Oilphase DBR   (Canada)

^c Zeton Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; PHASE COMPOSITION; SOLVENTS; SULFUR; VACUUM; VANADIUM;

BITUMEN; HIGH-PRESSURE GAS PHASE; INORGANIC SOLIDS;

HEAVY METALS;

ALKANE; ASPHALT; DECANE; DODECANE; HEAVY METAL; HEPTANE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; PENTANE; SOLVENT; SULFUR; VANADIUM;

SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; OIL INDUSTRY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; SCREENING; SOLUBILIZATION; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

EID: 6444225973     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0499153     Document Type: Article

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