Research Article

An Enhanced-Solvent Deasphalting Process: Effect of Inclusion of SiO2 Nanoparticles in the Quality of Deasphalted Oil

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Effect of the solvent to oil ratio in (a) DAO and (b) pitch yields for the SDA and e-SDA processes using SiO2 nanoparticles at a dosage of 5 wt% at 25°C and using n-heptane as the solvent.
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