Quantifying the role of ultrasonic wave radiation on kinetics of asphaltene aggregation in a toluene-pentane mixture

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 966-974

  Najafi, I ^a   Mousavi, S M R ^a   Ghazanfari, M H ^a,b   Ghotbi, C ^a   Ramazani, A ^a   Kharrat, R ^b   Amani, M ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Tehran Petroleum Research Center   (Iran)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asphaltene aggregation kinetics; asphaltene flocks size distribution; confocal microscopy; DLVO colloidal model; flocculation time; ultrasonic wave technology

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATION MODEL; ASPHALTENE AGGREGATION; ASPHALTENE FLOCCULATION; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; COLLOIDAL STRUCTURAL EVOLUTIONS; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; DLVO COLLOIDAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOCCULATION RATE; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; OIL SAMPLES; OPTIMUM VALUE; TIME INTERVAL; ULTRASONIC RADIATION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRUDE OIL; FLOCCULATION; OIL WELLS; PARAFFINS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNOLOGY; TOLUENE; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 79953112236     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460903394144     Document Type: Article

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