Demulsification of Emulsions Exploited by Enhanced Oil Recovery System

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4079-4094

  Xia, Lixin ^a   Lu, Shiwei ^a   Cao, Guoying ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alkali; Demulsification; Microwave radiation; Polymer; Surfactant; Water in oil emulsion

Indexed keywords

DEMULSIFICATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

OIL RECOVERY;

EMULSIONS;

ALKALI; ALKYLPHENOL; OIL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER; POLYOXYETHYLENE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ALKALI; EMULSION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSION; EXPERIMENT; HEATING; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; LIGHT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OIL INDUSTRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0142062604     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SS-120024720     Document Type: Article

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