Yield behavior of gelled waxy oil in water-in-oil emulsion at temperatures below ice formation

Fuel

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2113-2117

  Oh, Kyeongseok ^a,b   Deo, Milind D ^a,b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b SK Innovation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emulsion; Gelled waxy oil; Viscosity; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFIED OIL; FREE OIL; GEL STRENGTHS; GELLED WAXY OIL; ICE FORMATIONS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL SHEAR; OIL TEMPERATURE; OIL-IN-WATER; PARAFFINIC WAX; POUR POINTS; QUIESCENT CONDITIONS; STRENGTH REDUCTION; SUBSEQUENT COOLING; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS; WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURE; YIELD BEHAVIORS; YIELD STRESS VALUE;

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; GELATION; GELS; ICE; VISCOSITY;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 79953825572     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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