Comparative study on thermal cracking of Athabasca bitumen: Evaluation of the activation energy and prediction of the isothermal conversion by different isoconversional methods

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-472

  Nassar, Nashaat N ^a   Hassan, Azfar ^a   Luna, German ^a   Pereira Almao, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Athabasca bitumen; Kissinger Akahira Sunose; Ozawa Flynn Wall; Vyazovkin

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA BITUMEN; ISO-CONVERSIONAL METHOD; KISSINGER-AKAHIRA- SUNOSE; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITION; OZAWA-FLYNN-WALL; TEMPERATURE INTEGRAL; VYAZOVKIN;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRACKS; ISOTHERMS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 84893000156     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-013-3024-4     Document Type: Article

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