The aggregation and diffusion of asphaltenes studied by GPU-accelerated dissipative particle dynamics

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3069-3078

  Wang, Sibo ^a,b   Xu, Junbo ^a   Wen, Hao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Asphaltenes; DPD; GPU; The quaternion method

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CRUDE OIL; DIFFUSION; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; COMPUTATION SPEED; DIFFUSION BEHAVIOR; DILUTE CONCENTRATIONS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; FUSED AROMATIC RINGS; QUATERNION METHODS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84908089401     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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