Investigating Change of Polydispersity and Rheology of Crude Oil and Bitumen Due to Asphaltene Oxidation

Authors :: Daniel Oldham
Xin Qu Qu
Hainian Wang
Elham H. Fini
Source :: Energy & Fuels. 34:10299-10305
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020.
Abstract: This paper examines the effect of oxidation of asphaltene molecules on the overall polydispersity and rheology of a bituminous matrix. The research hypothesis is that oxidation of asphaltene molecu...

Subjects :: Materials science
General Chemical Engineering
Dispersity
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
02 engineering and technology
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Crude oil
Matrix (chemical analysis)
Fuel Technology
020401 chemical engineering
Rheology
Chemical engineering
Asphalt
0204 chemical engineering
0210 nano-technology
Asphaltene

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