Viscosity of water-in-oil emulsions: Variation with temperature and water volume fraction

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 169-184

  Farah, Marco A ^a   Oliveira, Roberto C ^b   Caldas, Jorge Navaes ^a   Rajagopal, Krishnaswamy ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b Núcleo de Tele Saúde NUTES Hospital das Clínicas   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Data correlation; Rheology; Viscosity; Water in oil emulsions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EMULSIONS; PETROLEUM REFINING; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION; WATER;

DATA CORRELATION; WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

CRUDE OIL; EMULSION; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 24144468176     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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