Flocculation, coalescence and migration of dispersed phase droplets and oil-water separation in heavy oil emulsion

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-181

  Kang, Wanli ^a,b   Guo, Liming ^a   Fan, Haiming ^a   Meng, Lingwei ^a   Li, Yuhui ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c China Huayou Group Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Demulsification; Demulsifier; Droplet size; Heavy oil emulsion; Phase separation; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLING FACTORS; DEMULSIFIERS; DISPERSED PHASE; DROPLET SIZES; EMULSION STABILITY; HEAVY-OIL EMULSIONS; MIDDLE LAYER; OIL PHASE; OIL WATER SEPARATION; SIZE VARIATION; THREE-PHASE SEPARATION; TWO-PHASE SEPARATION; WATER PHASE;

COALESCENCE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLOCCULATION; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PHASE SEPARATION;

DEMULSIFICATION;

COALESCENCE; DROPLET; EMULSION; FLOCCULATION; HEAVY OIL; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION;

EID: 84857417071     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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