Characterization of oil-water emulsion and its use in enhanced oil recovery

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 12756-12761

  Mandal, Ajay ^a   Samanta, Abhijit ^a   Bera, Achinta ^a   Ojha, Keka ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GEAR OIL; OIL DROPLETS; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; OIL-WATER EMULSION; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER PHASE; WATERFLOODING;

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RECOVERY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 78650115153     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101589x     Document Type: Article

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