Mesoscale organization in a physically separated vacuum residue: Comparison to asphaltenes in a simple solvent

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2680-2687

  Eyssautier, Joëlle ^a,b   Espinat, Didier ^a   Gummel, Jérémie ^c   Levitz, Pierre ^b   Becerra, Mildred ^d   Shaw, John ^d   Barré, Loïc ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION NUMBERS; ATHABASCA BITUMEN; DISPERSING PHASE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FRACTAL CLUSTERS; MALTENES; MAYA CRUDE OIL; MESOSCALE; N-PENTANE; N-PENTANE ASPHALTENE; NANOAGGREGATES; PHYSICAL SEPARATION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; TEMPERATURE ELEVATION; VACUUM RESIDUE; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

ASPHALTENES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CRUDE OIL; NANOFILTRATION; PARAFFINS; SEPARATION; TOLUENE; VACUUM;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84861673488     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef201411r     Document Type: Conference Paper

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