Demulsification techniques of water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions in petroleum industry

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 170, Issue , 2016, Pages 377-407

  Zolfaghari, Reza ^a   Fakhru'l Razi, Ahmadun ^a   Abdullah, Luqman C ^a   Elnashaie, Said S E H ^b   Pendashteh, Alireza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Demulsification mechanism; Emulsion stability; Oil in water; Separation efficiency; Surfactants; Water in oil

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; DEMULSIFICATION; DROPS; EFFICIENCY; EMULSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CRUDE OIL EMULSION; DESTABILIZING EFFECT; EMULSION STABILITY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; OIL-IN-WATER; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; WATER-IN-OIL;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 84977653892     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: 18733794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.06.026     Document Type: Review

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