Heavy oil microfiltration using ceramic
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W.-C Lai; K.J Smith
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Removal of asphaltenes from Cold Lake heavy oil by microยฎltration has been investigated at temperatures of up to 1908C, using ceramic monolith membranes with average pore size in the range 0.1ยฑ1.4 mm. As observed in previous work using single-tube ceramic membranes (pore size 0.02ยฑ0.1 mm), the pores