Application of gemini surfactants as diesel fuel wax dispersants

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-171

  Maithufi, M Norah ^a,b   Joubert, Dawid Johannes ^b   Klumperman, Bert ^a,c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SASOL TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFUNCTIONAL; CLASS A; CLASS B; COLD FILTER PLUGGING POINT; CONTROLLED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; DISPERSANTS; FLEXIBLE SPACER; GEMINI SURFACTANT; HEAD GROUPS; POLYMERIC ADDITIVES; STATISTICAL COPOLYMERS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; WAX ANTI-SETTLING ADDITIVES;

ADDITIVES; AROMATIZATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CRUDE OIL; DIESEL FUELS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; STYRENE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 78751655207     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef1006287     Document Type: Article

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