Stability investigation of water-in-crude oil emulsion

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2895-2900

  Nour, Abdurahman H ^a   Yunus, Rosli Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Mixing; Salt; Separation; Stability; Surfactant; Water in crude oil emulsion

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; MIXING; SALTS; SEPARATION; STABILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; MICROWAVE RADIATION METHODS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SALT CONCENTRATION; VISUAL APPEARANCE; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER-IN-CRUDE OIL EMULSION;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 33845882223     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2895.2900     Document Type: Article

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