Oil-water de-emulsification using ultrasonic technology

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue , 2015, Pages 573-579

  Mohsin, Muhammad ^a   Meribout, Mahmoud ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

De emulsification device; Emulsion layer detection device; Oil water emulsion

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; OIL TANKS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS;

DE-EMULSIFICATION DEVICE; DETECTION DEVICE; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMULSIFICATION PROCESS; OIL-WATER EMULSION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; TIME MULTIPLEXED; ULTRASONIC TECHNOLOGY;

EMULSIFICATION;

WATER OIL CREAM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMULSION; FLOCCULATION; OIL WATER DEEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SENSOR; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84906781121     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: 18732828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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