Influence of structural variations of demulsifiers on their performance

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 785-793

  Kailey, Ishpinder ^a   Feng, Xianhua ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF CROSS-LINKING; DEHYDRATION EFFICIENCY; DEMULSIFIERS; ETHYLENE OXIDES; HIGHER YIELD; PROPYLENE OXIDE; RHEOLOGICAL METHOD; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; UNDERFLOWS; WATER-IN-DILUTED BITUMEN EMULSIONS; YIELD STRESS VALUE;

AGGREGATES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DEHYDRATION; OIL SANDS; PROPYLENE; YIELD STRESS;

DEMULSIFICATION;

EID: 84872708355     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3028137     Document Type: Article

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