Hydrothermal extractive upgrading of bitumen without coke formation

Fuel

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 379-385

  Vilcáez, Javier ^a   Watanabe, Masaru ^a   Watanabe, Noriaki ^a   Kishita, Atsushi ^a   Adschiri, Tadafumi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Column flow reactor; Extractive upgrading; Sub supercritical water

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVE REACTORS; BITUMEN; COKE FORMATION; COLUMN FLOW REACTORS; EXTRACTION METHOD; EXTRACTIVE UPGRADING; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW LEVEL; MALTENES; OIL PHASE; SOLVENT PROPERTIES; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; WATER CONDITIONS; WATER FLOWS; WATER PHASE;

AUTOCLAVES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; PIPE FLOW;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 84866463524     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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