Effect of rheology properties of oil/water interface on demulsification of crude oil emulsions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 4851-4860

  Tao, Jun ^a   Shi, Peng ^a   Fang, Shenwen ^a   Li, Keyi ^a   Zhang, Heng ^a   Duan, Ming ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DEMULSIFICATION; ELASTIC MODULI; EMULSIONS; OIL SHALE; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RATE CONSTANTS; SPEED;

CRUDE OIL EMULSION; DEHYDRATION RATIO; DYNAMIC INTERFACIAL TENSION; EQUILIBRIUM INTERFACIAL TENSION; OIL/WATER INTERFACES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; RHEOLOGY PROPERTY; SURFACE VISCOSITY;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 84929150961     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00639     Document Type: Article

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