Role of resins on asphaltene stability

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2275-2280

  Sedghi, Mohammad ^a   Goual, Lamia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE STABILITY; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DIRECT-CURRENT; HYPOTHETICAL MODELS; IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR THERMODYNAMICS; NANOAGGREGATES; PETROLEUM FLUID; STABILIZING LAYERS;

AGGREGATES; RESINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOLUENE;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 77951105386     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef9009235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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