Solvent swelling extent of permian-aged vitrinite- and inertinite-rich coals: Experiments and modeling using the perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT)

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2559-2564

  Van Niekerk, Daniel ^a   Castro Marcano, Fidel ^a   Colina, Coray M ^a   Mathews, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; DIFFERENT COALS; INTERACTION PREDICTION; LIQUID DENSITY; MACERALS; N-METHYLPYRROLIDONE; PC-SAFT; PERTURBED-CHAIN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATING FLUID THEORIES; PSEUDO-COMPONENTS; SIMULTANEOUS FITTING; SOLVENT SWELLING; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITRINITES;

BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON DISULFIDE; COAL; DESORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENTS;

SWELLING;

EID: 79959446986     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef2001508     Document Type: Article

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