Experimental investigation of asphaltene deposition in capillary flow

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2145-2153

  Lawal, Kazeem A ^a   Crawshaw, John P ^a   Boek, Edo S ^a   Vesovic, Velisa ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE DEPOSITION; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; CAPILLARY LENGTH; CARBON NUMBER; DEPOSIT GROWTH; DEPOSITED LAYER; END EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GRAVITY EFFECTS; HEAVY OIL; INERTIAL FORCES; MICRO-CAPILLARIES; N-HEPTANES; N-OCTANES; N-PENTANE; RESERVOIR PORES; SQUARE ROOTS;

ASPHALTENES; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW RATE; PARAFFINS; PRESSURE DROP; TOLUENE;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84860184034     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef201874m     Document Type: Article

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