Thermodynamic modelling of calcium naphthenate formation: Model predictions and experimental results

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Mohammed, Murtala A ^a   Sorbie, K S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Naphthenates; Successive extraction; Thermodynamic modelling predictions; Variable watercuts

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL TANKS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SODIUM DEPOSITS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOLUENE;

CALCIUM NAPHTHENATES; CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION; DEPOSITION EXPERIMENTS; FORMATION WATER; MODEL PREDICTION; NAPHTHENATES; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL/WATER INTERFACES; PREDICTION MODEL; RE-PRECIPITATION; SODIUM NAPHTHENATE; SUCCESSIVE EXTRACTION; SYNTHETIC BRINE; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING; THERMODYNAMIC MODELLING PREDICTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PREDICTIONS; VARIABLE; VOLUME RATIO; WATERCUT;

EXPERIMENTS;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM NAPHTHENATE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77956885439     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.08.034     Document Type: Review

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