Demulsification of water-in-crude oil emulsions using ionic liquids and microwave irradiation

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4439-4444

  Lemos, Rita C B ^a,b   Da Silva, Elisângela B ^a   Dos Santos, Adélia ^a   Guimarães, Regina C L ^b   Ferreira, Bianca M S ^b   Guarnieri, Ricardo A ^b   Dariva, Cláudio ^a   Franceschi, Elton ^a   Santos, Alexandre F ^a   Fortuny, Montserrat ^a  

^a TIRADENTES UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

CONVENTIONAL HEATING; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; IONIC LIQUID CONCENTRATIONS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROWAVE PROCESS; MICROWAVE REACTOR SYSTEMS; WATER SEPARATION; WATER-IN-CRUDE OIL EMULSION;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 77955866853     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef100425v     Document Type: Article

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