Enhancement of the efficiency of in situ combustion technique for heavy-oil recovery by application of nickel ions

Fuel

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 397-407

  Hamedi Shokrlu, Y ^a   Maham, Y ^a   Tan, X ^a   Babadagli, T ^a   Gray, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heavy oil recovery; In situ combustion; Low temperature oxidation; Nano metal particles

Indexed keywords

FT-IR SPECTRUM; HEAVY OIL; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; NANO-METAL PARTICLES; NICKEL IONS; OXYGENATED COMPOUNDS; SIDE PRODUCTS; SITU COMBUSTION; TGA-FTIR;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; IONS; NICKEL; PHENOLS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

IN SITU COMBUSTION;

EID: 84870431137     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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