Study of the morphology of wax crystals in the presence of ethylene-co-vinyl acetate copolymer

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 643-651

  Jafari Ansaroudi, H R ^a   Vafaie Sefti, M ^a   Masoudi, Sh ^a   Behbahani, T Jafari ^b   Jafari, H ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

crystal morphology; ethylene vinyl acetate; oil; scanning electron microscopy; wax deposition

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; DEPOSITION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MORPHOLOGY; PIPELINES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYVINYL ACETATES; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; ETHYLENE-CO-VINYL ACETATES; OIL; PLATE-LIKE CRYSTALS; PRODUCTION PIPELINES; PRODUCTION TUBING; VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS; WAX CRYSTALS; WAX DEPOSITION;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84874048927     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916466.2011.632800     Document Type: Article

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