Quantitative evaluation of the efficiency of water-in-crude-oil emulsion dehydration by electrocoalescence in pilot-plant and full-scale units

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 13423-13437

  Suemar, Patrícia ^a   Fonseca, Elizabeth F ^a   Coutinho, Raquel C ^b   MacHado, Fabricio ^b   Fontes, Rafael ^b   Ferreira, Luís Carlos ^b   Lima, Enrique L ^b   Melo, Príamo A ^b   Pinto, José Carlos ^b   Nele, Márcio ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL EMULSION; ELECTROCOALESCENCE; EMULSION STABILITY; INDUSTRIAL UNITS; METAL CONTENT; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING VARIABLES; POWER LAW MODEL; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RESIDENCE TIME; TOTAL ACID NUMBER;

DEHYDRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; INDUSTRY; PILOT PLANTS;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 84867653879     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202489g     Document Type: Article

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