A comprehensive review on the recent advances on the petroleum asphaltene aggregation

• Main Authors: Rashid, Z., Wilfred, C.D., Gnanasundaram, N., Arunagiri, A., Murugesan, T.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85060337078&doi=10.1016%2fj.petrol.2019.01.004&partnerID=40&md5=70d9a7faf65d24d904b1903aeb963964; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/22093/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Asphaltene finds a distinguished position in current research on liquid and solid hydrocarbon fuels due to its self-aggregating nature. The presence of asphaltene in crude oil will reduce the quality of crude oil itself by increasing the operating cost due to the arterial blockage in extraction, tra...