Size distributions and stability of toluene diluted heavy oil emulsions

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1257-1266

  Angle, Chandra W ^a   Hamza, Hassan A ^a   Dabros, Tadeusz ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Elasticity; Emulsion; Heavy oil; Sizes; Stability; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COALESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; TOLUENE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ASPHALTENES; RUSHTON TURBINE; SIZES; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EMULSIONS;

ADSORPTION; COALESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIFFUSION; EMULSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; TOLUENE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33645555450     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10707     Document Type: Article

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