Phase behavior of Athabasca bitumen + water mixtures at high temperature and pressure

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 142-152

  Amani, Mohammad J ^a   Gray, Murray R ^a   Shaw, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca bitumen; Heavy hydrocarbon; High temperature; Near critical; Phase behavior; Water

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ATHABASCA BITUMEN; BEHAVIOR CLASSIFICATION; HEAVY HYDROCARBONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS; NEAR-CRITICAL;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; WATER;

PHASE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84875857429     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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