Dewatering of petroleum crude oil emulsions using modified Schiff base polymeric surfactants

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 719-728

  Atta, Ayman M ^a,b   Allohedan, Hamad A ^a   El Mahdy, Gamal A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crude oil emulsions; Demulsifier; Emulsion stability; Interface; Interfacial tensions; Schiff base

Indexed keywords

SURFACE TENSION;

CRUDE OIL EMULSION; DEMULSIFIERS; EMULSION STABILITY; POLYMERIC SURFACTANT; SCHIFF-BASE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; DEWATERING; EMULSION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLYMER; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACTANT;

EID: 84908397676     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2014.09.017     Document Type: Article

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