Kinetics of asphaltene precipitation in a heptane-toluene mixture

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1917-1924

  Khoshandam, Ali ^a   Alamdari, Abdolmohammad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SOLVENTS; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; CONCENTRATION OF; DRIVING FORCES; DYNAMIC LASER SCATTERING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GROWTH MECHANISMS; LIQUID MIXTURE; MODEL EQUATIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION; RATE EQUATIONS; SIZE ANALYSIS; TOLUENE MIXTURES;

AGGLOMERATION; ASPHALTENES; FORECASTING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HEPTANE; MIXTURES; SUPERSATURATION; TOLUENE;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950134582     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef9012328     Document Type: Article

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