Separation kinetics of an oil-in-water emulsion under enhanced gravity

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-125

  Krebs, T ^a,b   Schroen C G P H ^b   Boom, R M ^b  

^a Institute for Sustainable Process Technology   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centrifugation; Colloid phenomena; Emulsion; Kinetics; Petroleum; Separations

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL ACCELERATION; CENTRIFUGAL FIELDS; CRUDE OIL EMULSION; DROPLET DIAMETERS; EMULSION DROPLETS; EMULSION LAYERS; ENHANCED GRAVITY; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; HYDROCYCLONES; KINETIC ANALYSIS; OIL PHASE; OIL PROCESSING; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; OIL/WATER; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION KINETICS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; WATER PHASIS;

CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; COALESCENCE; CRUDE OIL; DEMULSIFICATION; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETICS; SEPARATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EMULSIONS;

EID: 84855780806     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.10.057     Document Type: Article

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