An improvement of thermodynamic micellization model for prediction of asphaltene precipitation during gas injection in heavy crude

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 153-163

  Tavakkoli, Mohammad ^a   Masihi, Mohsen ^a   Ghazanfari, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kharrat, Riyaz ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asphaltene precipitation; Characterization methods; Gas injection; Sensitivity analysis; Thermodynamic micellization model with a new approach; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE PHASE; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; COMPUTER CODES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS INJECTION; HEAVY CRUDES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INJECTION CONDITIONS; INTERACTION COEFFICIENT; INTERACTION ENERGIES; LIGHT HYDROCARBON; MATCHING PARAMETERS; MICELLAR CORE; MOLE PERCENT; SOLID MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

CHARACTERIZATION; FORECASTING; HYDROCARBONS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MICELLIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 79960719956     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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