Desalting and dewatering of crude oil in ultrasonic standing wave field

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 140-144

  Ye, Guoxiang ^a   Lu, Xiaoping ^a   Han, Pingfang ^a   Shen, Xuan ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

crude oil; desalting; dewatering; standing wave field; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; DEMULSIFIERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; LU-NING PIPELINE; PRE-TREATMENT; SALT BALANCES; STANDING WAVE TUBES; STANDING-WAVE FIELD; TWO STAGE; ULTRASONIC STANDING WAVES; ULTRASOUND IRRADIATION; WASH WATER;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEMULSIFICATION; DESALINATION; DEWATERING; ULTRASONICS; WAVES;

STANDING WAVE METERS;

CRUDE OIL; DESALINATION; DEWATERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRRADIATION; OIL PIPELINE; SALT; STANDING WAVE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRASONICS; WATER CONTENT; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 72249111988     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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