Viscometer for opague, sealed microemulsion samples

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 534-552

  Salinas, Jose Lopez ^a   Miller, Clarence A ^a   Yoo, Kuy Hun Koh ^a   Puerto, Maura ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; APPARENT VISCOSITY; COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; CONDENSED PHASIS; CRUDE OIL; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; FLUID LOSS; GOLD-COATED; HIGH VISCOSITY FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LOW VISCOSITY FLUIDS; MACROEMULSIONS; OPTIMAL SALINITY; PHASE MICROEMULSIONS; SIGNAL CONDITIONING; SPACE BETWEEN; THREE PHASIS; TRANSIT TIME; VISCOUS EMULSIONS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLUIDS; OIL FIELDS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PHASE INTERFACES; PROXIMITY SENSORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SPHERES; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

MICROEMULSIONS;

EID: 70449668968     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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