Effectiveness of alcohol cosurfactants in hydrate antiagglomeration

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5626-5632

  Sun, Minwei ^a   Wang, Yan ^b   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a,b  

^a RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAGGLOMERATION; CO-SURFACTANTS; DEEPWATER OIL; FLUID-PHASE; HYDRATE PARTICLES; HYDROGEN-BONDED WATER MOLECULES; INCLUSION COMPOUNDS; ISO-PROPANOLS; MICROMETER RANGES; NONHYDROCARBON; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; RHAMNOLIPIDS; SIZE MEASUREMENTS; SMALL HYDROCARBONS; SUBCOOLINGS; TENSION MEASUREMENT; VOLUME RATIO; WATERCUT;

EMULSIONS; HYDRATION; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 84866635080     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef300922h     Document Type: Article

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