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Phase equilibria of continuous fossil fuel process oils
Author(s) -
Abbasian M. Javad,
Weil Sanford A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690340407
Subject(s) - variable (mathematics) , fossil fuel , process (computing) , distribution (mathematics) , function (biology) , sequence (biology) , process engineering , petroleum engineering , mathematics , thermodynamics , environmental science , computer science , chemistry , engineering , mathematical analysis , waste management , physics , biochemistry , evolutionary biology , biology , operating system
Fossil fuel process oils consist of such a large number of components that their only proper description is in terms of continuous distribution functions of a suitable characteristic variable. A methodology is presented to describe the oils in terms of a generalized distribution function. The characteristic variable is determined from measurements of the equilibrium ratios of two test oils, at ambient pressure. Application of the proposed methodology to a sequence of operations shows that, unlike the pseudocomponents technique, the level of accuracy can be maintained.