Measurement and prediction of the rate of deposition of flocculated asphaltene particles from oil

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 4624-4634

  Jamialahmadi, M ^a   Soltani, B ^b   Muller Steinhagen H ^c,d   Rashtchian, D ^b  

^a University of Petroleum Industry   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asphaltene precipitation; Deposition rates; Modeling; Oil production

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE DEPOSITION; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; CRITICAL QUESTIONS; DEPOSIT FORMATION; DEPOSITION MECHANISM; DEPOSITION PROCESS; FLOWING OIL; MEASURED DATA; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MODELING; OIL INDUSTRIES; OIL PRODUCTION; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PRODUCTION WELLS; RATE OF DEPOSITION;

DEPOSITION RATES; DEPOSITS; FLOCCULATION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 67650085541     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.01.049     Document Type: Article

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