Apparent disaggregation of colloids in a magnetically treated crude oil

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 4016-4020

  Evdokimov, Igor N ^a   Kornishin, Konstantin A ^a  

^a GUBKIN RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF OIL AND GAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; CRUDE OIL; DISAGGREGATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MAGNETIC FIELD TREATMENT; MAGNETIC TREATMENT; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PETROLEUM FLUID; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; THEORETICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODELS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; VISCOSITY;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 69549103634     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef900296e     Document Type: Article

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