About the Author |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior |
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1 | (70) |
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1 | (21) |
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Review of Pure Component Volumetric Properties |
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11 | (8) |
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Pure Component Saturated Liquid Density |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (8) |
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Pressure-Composition Diagram "p-x" for Binary Systems |
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25 | (5) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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Pressure-Temperature Diagram |
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32 | (2) |
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Classification of Reservoirs and Reservoir Fluids |
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34 | (25) |
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Classification of Oil Reservoirs |
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34 | (1) |
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Classification of Crude Oil Systems |
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35 | (8) |
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43 | (16) |
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59 | (6) |
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65 | (1) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 Characterizing Hydrocarbon-Plus Fractions |
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71 | (118) |
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71 | (6) |
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73 | (4) |
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77 | (1) |
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77 | (10) |
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Group 2 Stimulated Distillation by GC |
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87 | (6) |
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Group 3 The Plus Fraction Characterization Methods |
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93 | (47) |
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94 | (28) |
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122 | (11) |
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133 | (7) |
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Splitting and Lumping Schemes |
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140 | (44) |
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141 | (24) |
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165 | (16) |
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Characterization of Multiple Hydrocarbon Samples |
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181 | (3) |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 Natural Gas Properties |
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189 | (50) |
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190 | (6) |
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Apparent Molecular Weight, Ma |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (7) |
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Effect of Nonhydrocarbon Components on the Z-Factor |
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202 | (1) |
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Nonhydrocarbon Adjustment Methods |
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203 | (4) |
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Wichert-Aziz's Correction Method |
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203 | (2) |
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Carr-Kobayashi-Burrows's Correction Method |
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205 | (2) |
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Correction for High-Molecular Weight Gases |
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207 | (5) |
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Direct Calculation of Compressibility Factors |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (2) |
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Dranchuk and Abu-Kassem's Method |
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214 | (2) |
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Dranchuk-Purvis-Robinson Method |
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216 | (8) |
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Compressibility of Natural Gases |
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216 | (5) |
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Gas Formation Volume Factor |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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Carr-Kobayashi-Burrows's Method |
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224 | (4) |
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Lee-Gonzalez-Eakin's Method |
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228 | (7) |
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Specific Gravity Wet Gases |
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230 | (5) |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (2) |
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Chapter 4 PVT Properties of Crude Oils |
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239 | (228) |
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239 | (2) |
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Specific Gravity of the Solution Gas "gg" |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (18) |
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Density Correlations Based on the Oil Composition |
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243 | (11) |
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Density Correlations Based on Limited PVT Data |
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254 | (6) |
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260 | (8) |
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261 | (2) |
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Vasquez-Beggs's Correlation |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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Petrosky-Farshad's Correlation |
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266 | (2) |
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Bubble Point Pressure "pb" |
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268 | (7) |
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269 | (2) |
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Vasquez-Beggs's Correlation |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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Petrosky-Farshad's Correlation |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (7) |
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277 | (1) |
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Vasquez-Beggs's Correlation |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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Petrosky-Farshad's Correlation |
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279 | (1) |
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Material Balance Equation |
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280 | (2) |
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Isothermal Compressibility Coefficient of Crude Oil "co" |
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282 | (12) |
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Undersaturated Isothermal Compressibility Coefficient |
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283 | (8) |
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Saturated Isothermal Compressibility Coefficient |
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291 | (3) |
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Undersaturated Oil Properties |
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294 | (4) |
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295 | (1) |
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Undersaturated Oil Density |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (6) |
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300 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (2) |
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304 | (11) |
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Viscosity Correlations as Correlated with PVT Data |
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306 | (5) |
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Viscosity Correlations From Oil Composition |
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311 | (4) |
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Surface/Interfacial Tension "s" |
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315 | (3) |
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PVT Correlations for GOM Oil |
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318 | (5) |
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Properties of Reservoir Water |
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323 | (4) |
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323 | (1) |
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324 | (2) |
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326 | (1) |
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Water Isothermal Compressibility |
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326 | (1) |
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Laboratory Analysis of Reservoir Fluids |
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327 | (15) |
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Well Conditioning and Fluid Sampling |
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327 | (11) |
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Surface Samples Recombination Procedure When p < pb |
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338 | (1) |
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Representative and Unrepresentative Samples |
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339 | (3) |
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342 | (74) |
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Routine Laboratory PVT Tests |
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345 | (58) |
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Laboratory Analysis of Gas-Condensate Systems |
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403 | (13) |
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Discussion of Retrograde Gas Laboratory Data |
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416 | (8) |
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Condensate GOR and Condensate Yield |
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424 | (2) |
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The Modified MBE for Retrograde Gas Reservoirs |
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426 | (5) |
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Consistency Tests on the CCE and CVD Data |
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428 | (3) |
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Liquid Blockage in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs |
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431 | (26) |
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Behavior of Gas-Condensate Wells |
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432 | (2) |
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Behavior of Retrograde Gas Reservoirs |
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434 | (3) |
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Special Laboratory PVT Tests |
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437 | (20) |
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457 | (6) |
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463 | (4) |
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Chapter 5 Equations of State and Phase Equilibria |
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467 | (132) |
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467 | (4) |
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471 | (5) |
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475 | (1) |
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Equilibrium Ratios for Real Solutions |
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476 | (9) |
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476 | (1) |
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477 | (6) |
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The Convergence Pressure Method |
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483 | (2) |
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Equilibrium Ratios for the Plus Fractions |
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485 | (3) |
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486 | (1) |
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486 | (1) |
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487 | (1) |
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K-values for Nonhydrocarbon Components |
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487 | (1) |
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Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Calculations |
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488 | (17) |
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488 | (3) |
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491 | (2) |
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493 | (12) |
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505 | (25) |
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The Van der Waals Equation of State "VdW EOS" |
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506 | (6) |
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Redlich-Kwong's Equation of State "RK EOS" |
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512 | (5) |
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Soave-Redlich-Kwong Equation of State "SRK EOS" |
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517 | (4) |
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521 | (9) |
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Modifications of the SRK EOS |
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530 | (16) |
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Volume Translation (Volume Shift) Parameter |
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531 | (3) |
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The Peng-Robinson Equation of State |
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534 | (12) |
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Summary of Equations of State |
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546 | (1) |
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Equation-of-State Applications |
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546 | (12) |
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546 | (2) |
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548 | (2) |
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550 | (1) |
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Three-Phase Equilibrium Calculations |
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551 | (6) |
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557 | (1) |
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Simulating of Laboratory PVT Data by Equations of State |
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558 | (29) |
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Constant Volume Depletion Test |
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559 | (7) |
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Constant Composition Expansion Test |
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566 | (3) |
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Differential Liberation Test |
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569 | (5) |
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574 | (3) |
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Composite Liberation Test |
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577 | (3) |
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580 | (3) |
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583 | (3) |
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Minimum Miscibility Pressure |
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586 | (1) |
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587 | (5) |
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592 | (3) |
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595 | (4) |
Index |
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