Use of ultrasound in petroleum residue upgradation

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-342

  Sawarkar, Ashish N ^a   Pandit, Aniruddha B ^a   Samant, Shriniwas D ^a   Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Emulsion; Kinetics; Petroleum residue; Surfactant; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CAVITATIONS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH VACUUM; HYDROCARBON MIXTURE; KINETIC MODELS; OIL FRACTIONS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PETROLEUM RESIDUE; PETROLEUM RESIDUES; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION TIME; SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL CRACKING; ULTRASONIC BATH; ULTRASONIC HORN; ULTRASOUND; UPGRADATION; VACUUM RESIDUE; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ASPHALT; ASPHALTENES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATALYTIC CRACKING; CAVITATION; EMULSIFICATION; GAS OILS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROXYLATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; RATE CONSTANTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VACUUM;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 67149126706     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20169     Document Type: Article

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