Effect of a cationic surfactant as a chemical destabilization of crude oil based emulsions and asphaltene stabilized

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1689-1699

  Mirvakili, Azadeh ^a   Rahimpour, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Jahanmiri, Abdolhossein ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZING; ASPHALTENE AGGREGATION; DEMULSIFIERS; DIDECYL DIMETHYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDES; MULTI OBJECTIVE; OIL FILMS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; SLUDGE FORMATION; STANDARD TESTS; SULFONIC ACID;

ACIDIZATION; ADDITIVES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; ASPHALTENES; BIOPHYSICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRUDE OIL; DEMULSIFICATION; DYES; EMULSIFICATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELLS;

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 84862270961     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je2013268     Document Type: Article

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