Effects of asphaltene content and temperature on viscosity of Iranian heavy crude oil: Experimental and modeling study

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7217-7232

  Ghanavati, Mahdi ^a   Shojaei, Mohammad Javad ^a   Ahmad Ramazani, S A ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL VOLUME FRACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE OIL; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; IRANIAN HEAVY CRUDE OIL; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETER;

ASPHALTENES; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 84890959243     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef400776h     Document Type: Article

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