Emulsion layer growth in continuous oil-water separation

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 630-642

  Khatri, N L ^a   Andrade, J ^a   Baydak, E N ^a   Yarranton, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asphaltenes; Coalescence rate; Dense packed zone; Emulsions; Rag layer

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; COALESCENCE; DROPS; EMULSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; FILM PREPARATION; HEPTANE; SEPARATORS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOLUENE;

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; COALESCENCE RATE; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DENSE PACKED ZONE; EMULSION LAYERS; EMULSION SYSTEMS; FREE WATER; MODEL-BASED OPC; N-HEPTANES; OIL WATER SEPARATION; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; ORGANIC PHASE; RAG LAYER; STEADY STATE; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TWEEN 80; WALL EFFECTS; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

EMULSIFICATION;

HEPTANE; OIL; POLYSORBATE 80; TOLUENE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; EMULSION; FLOW RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79959743443     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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