Bimodal model for predicting the emulsion-hydrate mixture viscosity in high water cut systems

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3343-3351

  Moradpour, Hossein ^a   Chapoy, Antonin ^a   Tohidi, Bahman ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Bimodal and unimodal model; Emulsion; Hydrate slurry

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL MODELS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DEEP WATER FIELDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW ASSURANCE; HIGH WATER-CUT; HYDRATE PARTICLES; HYDRATE SLURRY; INDUSTRY NEEDS; LIMITING FACTORS; LOW WATER; MIXTURE VISCOSITY; NEW SOLUTIONS; OIL-IN-WATER; PRODUCTION OPERATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; UNIMODAL; WATER CUTS; WATER-IN-OIL; WATER-OIL EMULSIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; HYDRATES; MIXTURES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

HYDRATION;

EID: 80052763371     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.06.038     Document Type: Article

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