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ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages 493-507Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.12.010
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Cavitation; Crude oil; Desulphurisation; Crude upgrading; Enhanced oil recovery; Oil sand extraction; Oil shale; Petroleum industry
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Technologies based on cavitation, produced by either ultrasound or hydrodynamic means, are part of growing literature for individual refinery unit processes. In this review, we have explained the mechanism through which these cavitation technologies intensify individual unit processes such as enhanced oil recovery, demulsification of water in oil emulsions during desalting stage, crude oil viscosity reduction, oxidative desulphurisation/demetallization, and crude oil upgrading. Apart from these refinery processes, applications of this technology are also mentioned for other potential crude oil sources such as oil shale and oil sand extraction. The relative advantages and current situation of each application/process at commercial scale is explained.
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