Some sugar fatty ester ethoxylates as demulsifiers for petroleum sludge

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 377-387

  Abdul Raheim, Mahmoud A ^a   Abdel Raouf, Manar El Sayed ^a   Maysour, Nermine El Sayed ^a   El Kafrawy, Ahmed Fawzy ^b   Mehany, Ahmed Zaher ^c   Abdel Azim, Ahmed ^a  

^a EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Demulsifiers; Sludge; Sugar based fatty ester surfactants; Surface properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DEMULSIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PALMITIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

1H NMR SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEMULSIFICATION EFFICIENCY; DEMULSIFIERS; FATTY ESTERS; MAXIMUM SURFACE EXCESS CONCENTRATION; SLUDGE; SURFACE ACTIVITIES;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84868307195     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: 15589293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-012-1418-0     Document Type: Article

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