Gelation and breakage behavior of model wax-oil systems: Rheological properties and model development

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8123-8133

  Zhao, Yansong ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Paso, Kristofer ^a   Ali, Hassan ^a   Safieva, Jamilia ^a   Sjöblom, Johan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKAGE BEHAVIOR; BREAKAGE MODELS; DENSITOMETRY; DODECANE; FLUID COMPOSITION; LOW STRAINS; MACROCRYSTALLINE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; RHEOMETRY; SLURRY FLOW; STRAIN LIMIT; THERMAL HISTORY; WAXY CRUDE; XRD;

COAGULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; PARAFFIN WAXES; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN;

GELATION;

EID: 84862215128     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300351j     Document Type: Article

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