Modeling of asphaltene precipitation utilizing Association Equation of State

Fuel

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-66

  Shirani, Babak ^a   Nikazar, Manouchehr ^a   Naseri, Ali ^a   Mousavi Dehghani, Seyyed A ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AEOS theory; Asphaltene precipitation; Equation of state; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

AEOS THEORY; ASPHALTENE DEPOSITION; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAVY ORGANICS; LIVE OIL; OIL INDUSTRIES; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

CRUDE OIL; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MODELS;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 84855936887     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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