Study of asphaltene and metal upgrading in the vapor extraction (VAPEX) process

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4396-4401

  Pourabdollah, Kobra ^a   Moghadam, Abdolsamad Zarringhalam ^a   Kharrat, Riyaz ^b   Mokhtari, Bahram ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Lavan Engineering Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; COMPUTER MODELLING; DEW POINTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MATRIX PERMEABILITY; METAL CHELATE; OIL PRODUCTION; TEST METHOD; VAPOR INJECTION; VAPOR-EXTRACTION PROCESS; VISCOSITY DISTRIBUTION;

CHELATION; HYDROCARBONS; MATERIALS TESTING; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PROPANE; RESINS; TITRATION; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS; VAPORS;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 77955887989     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef100617p     Document Type: Article

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