Bitumen and heavy oil rheological properties: Reconciliation with viscosity measurements

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1389-1397

  Bazyleva, Ala B ^a   Hasan, Anwarul ^a   Fulem, Michal ^b,c   Becerra, Mildred ^a   Shaw, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA BITUMEN; COMPLEX VISCOSITY; FIXED TEMPERATURE; FLOW PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY OF OSCILLATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HEAVY OIL; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IN-PROCESS; IN-SITU; MAYA CRUDE; MAYA CRUDE OIL; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MULTI-PHASE BEHAVIOR; NEWTONIANS; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; OSCILLATORY MODE; PARALLEL PLATES; POST-PRODUCTION; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETER; SHEAR RATES; SHEAR THINNING FLUIDS; SOLID-LIKE MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL IRREVERSIBILITY; THIXOTROPIC BEHAVIOR; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; VISCOSITY VALUE;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CRUDE OIL; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRAIN; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 77949467496     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je900562u     Document Type: Article

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