Functions of demulsifiers in the petroleum industry

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1144-1163

  Al Sabagh, Ahmed M ^a   Kandile, Nadia G ^b   El Din, Mahmoud R Noor ^a  

^a EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crude oil emulsions; Demulsifier; Kinetics and mechanism of demulsification process

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRUDE OIL EMULSION; DEMULSIFIERS; KINETICS AND MECHANISM; KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF DEMULSIFICATION PROCESS; NATURAL SURFACTANTS; OIL EXPLOITATION; OIL TRANSPORTATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; WATER DROPLETS; WATER EMULSION; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS; WATER/OIL INTERFACES;

COALESCENCE; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PHASE SEPARATION; RESINS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER CONTENT;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 79957895325     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2010.550595     Document Type: Review

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