Effect of hydroxyl content and molecular weight of biodegradable ethylcellulose on demulsification of water-in-diluted bitumen emulsions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6347-6354

  Feng, Xianhua ^a,b   Wang, Shengqun ^a   Hou, Jun ^a   Wang, Louxiang ^a   Cepuch, Carolyn ^a,c   Masliyah, Jacob ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

^c Saint Joseph Catholic High School   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN EMULSION; DEMULSIFICATION EFFICIENCY; ETHYLCELLULOSE; HYDROXYL CONTENT; HYDROXYL SUBSTITUTION; INTERFACIAL ACTIVITY; TETRABUTYL AMMONIUM FLUORIDE; WATER-IN-DILUTED BITUMEN EMULSIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; DEMULSIFICATION; FLOCCULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAPHTHAS;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79955918605     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie102071q     Document Type: Article

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