Experimental investigation and thermodynamic modeling of asphaltene precipitation

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1384-1390

  Jafari Behbahani, T ^a,b   Ghotbi, C ^a   Taghikhani, V ^a   Shahrabadi, A ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asphaltene precipitation; Atmospheric titration; Flory Huggins model; Onset pressure; PC SAFT model; Solid model; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; OIL WELLS; TITRATION;

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC TITRATIONS; FLORY-HUGGINS MODEL; ONSET PRESSURES; PC-SAFT MODELS; SOLID MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

ASPHALTENES;

ASPHALTENE; CRUDE OIL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH PRESSURE; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESSURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84855907115     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scient.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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