Tweens demulsification effects on heavy crude oil/water emulsion

Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages S806-S811

  Roodbari, Nastaran Hayati ^a   Badiei, Alireza ^a   Soleimani, Esmaiel ^b   Khaniani, Yeganeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Demulsifier; Emulsion; Heavy crude oil; Nonionic polymer; Tween

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; KETONES; POLYMERS;

CORROSION EFFECTS; DEMULSIFIERS; HEAVY CRUDE OIL; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONIONIC POLYMERS; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; TWEEN; WATER-IN-CRUDE OIL EMULSION;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 84858964293     PISSN: 18785352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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