Viscous oil emulsification by catastrophic phase inversion: Influence of oil viscosity and process conditions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5575-5583

  Galindo Alvarez, Johanna ^a   Sadtler, Véronique ^a   Choplin, Lionel ^a   Salager, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION RATE; AQUEOUS PHASE; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DISPERSED PHASE; HIGHLY CONCENTRATED EMULSION; IN-SITU; INVERSION PHENOMENA; MULTIPLE EMULSIONS; O/W EMULSIONS; OIL VISCOSITY; PHASE INVERSION; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS VARIABLES; VISCOUS OIL;

EMULSIONS; VISCOSITY;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 79955531969     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102224k     Document Type: Article

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