A kinetic model for dynamic interfacial tension variation in an acidic oil/alkali/surfactant system

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2711-2725

  Chatterjee, Jaideep ^a   Wasan, Darsh T ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic interfacial tension modeling; Enhanced oil recovery; Kinetic adsorption; Mass transfer across oil water interfaces; Modeling; Reactions at oil water interfaces

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DESORPTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; IONIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

ACIDIC OIL;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

INTERFACE; MIXTURE; OIL; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACTANT;

EID: 0032144080     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00093-1     Document Type: Article

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