Inhibition of asphaltene precipitation by TiO2, SiO2, and ZrO2 nanofluids

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3150-3156

  Mohammadi, Mohsen ^a   Akbari, Mahdi ^a   Fakhroueian, Zahra ^a   Bahramian, Alireza ^a   Azin, Reza ^b   Arya, Sharareh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b PERSIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NIOC RandD   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; ASPHALTENE STABILITY; BASIC CONDITIONS; CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION; DEAD-OIL; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; N-HEPTANES; NANO-FLUID; NANOAGGREGATES; NANOFLUIDS; OIL RESERVOIRS; REFINERY PROCESS; TIO;

ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEPTANE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICON COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 79960608806     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef2001635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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