Journal
PROCESSES
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr10050811
Keywords
crude oil; water-in-oil emulsion; demulsification; quartz particles
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- Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan [AP08857586]
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Saline water in crude oil forms stable water-in-oil emulsions, which can be broken and separated by adding special materials. This study found that freshly milled quartz particles can reduce emulsion stability and increase water adhesion, leading to improved demulsification.
Saline water necessarily contained in crude oil forms complex and stable water-in-oil (w/o) emulsions with oil. Due to the negative impact of this emulsion on the oil's transportation and refining, special materials are added to help break the emulsion and separate water. Herein, a comparative study of the demulsifying ability concerning w/o emulsion of the original and freshly milled quartz (FMQ) particles isolated from river sand was carried out. The effect of quartz with a mesh size of 75 mu m on reducing emulsion stability was investigated using rheological measurements, interfacial tension measurements, demulsification tests, as well as routine methods for characterizing solid and liquid materials. With the addition of 3 wt% FMQ, 97% demulsification efficiency was achieved after 100 min of settling, against 140 min for the original quartz. The role of milling quartz is to increase the ability of water to adhere and thus locally increase the pH value; this results in a reduction in the stability of the emulsion and its destruction. The prolonging effect of quartz milling lasted about 2.5-3.0 h, after which the demulsifying ability of milled quartz became comparable to that of the starting material.
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