Measurement and calibration of droplet size distributions in water-in-Oil emulsions by particle video microscope and a focused beam reflectance method

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1412-1418

  Boxall, John A ^a   Koh, Carolyn A ^a   Sloan, E Dendy ^a   Sum, Amadeu K ^a   Wu, David T ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; CALIBRATION METHOD; CRUDE OIL EMULSION; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DROPLET SIZES; FOCUSED BEAM REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENT; FOCUSED BEAMS; IN-SITU; LOG-NORMAL; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MEAN DROPLET SIZE; MEAN SIZE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETERS; SHEAR RATES; STANDARD DEVIATION; VIDEO MICROSCOPE; WATER DROPLET SIZE; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

CALIBRATION; CRUDE OIL; EMULSIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBES; REFLECTION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 76049104050     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901228e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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