AC field induced destabilization of water-in-oil emulsions based on North Sea acidic crude oil

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 448, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-66

  Rodionova, Galina ^a   Keleşoǧlu, Serkan ^a   Sjöblom, Johan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electrocoalescence; Shear rate; Viscosity reduction; Water in crude oil emulsions

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

DROPLET COLLISION; ELECTROCOALESCENCE; FLOW CONDITION; NORTH SEA ACIDIC CRUDE OIL; NORTH SEA CRUDE OIL; VISCOSITY REDUCTION; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS; WATER-IN-CRUDE OIL EMULSION;

EMULSIONS;

OIL; PETROLEUM; WATER;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; EMULSION; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84896840179     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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