Research Article

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

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Viscosity and shear stress of the DAO as a function of shear rate for the SDA and e-SDA processes at 70°C using a SiO2 nanoparticles dosage of 5 wt% and an SOR of 8 with n-heptane as the solvent.