Heavy-organic particle deposition from petroleum fluid flow in oil wells and pipelines

Petroleum Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 502-508

  Escobedo, Joel ^a,b   Mansoori, G Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphaltene; Brownian deposition coefficient; diamondoids; diffusivity; heavy organic particles; paraffin wax; particle deposition; petroleum fluid; prefouling behavior; production operation; suspended particles; turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449262354     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-010-0099-4     Document Type: Article

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