Mixing of single-component hydrocarbon droplets and water at supercritical or near-critical conditions

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 67, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-40

  Dabiri, Sadegh ^a   Wu, Guang ^b   Timko, Michael T ^b   Ghoniem, Ahmed F ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon droplet; Miscibility; Mixing; Phase equilibrium; Supercritical or near critical water

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; DIFFUSION OF WATER; DROPLET MODEL; HYDROCARBON DROPLETS; INITIAL WATER TEMPERATURE; INTERFACE TEMPERATURES; MICRO-SCALES; MIXING PROCESS; MIXING RATES; MIXING TIME; N-DECANE; NEAR-CRITICAL CONDITIONS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SUBMODELS; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION; UPPER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DESULFURIZATION; DROPS; OIL SHALE; PARAFFINS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TOLUENE;

MIXING;

EID: 84861588172     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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