Stability of emulsified heavy oil: The combined effects of deterministic DLVO forces and random surface charges

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4948-4954

  Esmaeili, Payman ^a   Lin, Feng ^a   Yeung, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; BITUMEN-WATER INTERFACES; COMBINED EFFECT; DLVO FORCES; DLVO THEORY; DROP SIZE; DROPLET COALESCENCE; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; GAUSSIANS; HEAVY OIL; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE; LOCAL SCALE; NEGATIVE SURFACE CHARGES; WATER LAYERS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ZETA POTENTIAL;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 84858757326     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la204254m     Document Type: Article

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