Asphaltene aggregates fractal restructuring model, a population balance approach

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1088-1093

  Rahimi, Hassan ^a   Solaimany Nazar, Ali R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ASPHALTENE AGGREGATES; DEVELOPED MODEL; DYNAMIC PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRACTAL AGGREGATE; INITIAL VALUES; N-HEPTANES; POPULATION BALANCE APPROACH; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; SHEAR RATES; STEADY-STATE VALUES;

AGGREGATES; ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOLUENE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 77649171895     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef9009444     Document Type: Article

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