A Novel Process for Demulsification of Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsions by Dense Carbon Dioxide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 6661-6672

  Zaki, Nael N ^a   Carbonell, Ruben G ^a   Kilpatrick, Peter K ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEMULSIFICATION; FLOCCULATION; MASS TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; WATER;

SOLVENT SYSTEMS;

EMULSIONS;

ASPHALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEPTANE; PETROLEUM; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEMULSIFIER; DENSE GAS; OIL-WATER EMULSION;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; EMULSION; FILM; FLOCCULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0345599979     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0303597     Document Type: Article

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