Microemulsions in Large-Scale Applications

Microemulsions: Background, New Concepts, Applications, Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 302-344

  Haegel, Franz Hubert ^a   Lopez, Juan Carlos ^b   Salager, Jean Louis ^b   Engelskirchen, Sandra ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current state of the art in enhanced oil recovery; DNAPL remediation; Future GUESSTIMATES; High solubilising power of microemulsions; Large scale applications of microemulsion systems; Microemulsion forming surfactants for chlorinated hydrocarbons; Microemulsion forming systems; Microemulsions in large scale applications; NAPL (non aqueous phase liquids)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890631029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305524.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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