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COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 279, Issue 3, Pages 232-239Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s003960000413
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demulsifier; crude oil emulsions; interfacial tension; inhibitor; administration of chemicals
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A comparison of low and high molecular weight demulsifiers and their effect on both crude oil and asphaltene based water-in-oil emulsions is performed. Physical characteristics are given for crudes and for the chemicals. These parameters were then correlated with the demulsifier performance. Results indicate that a significant lowering of interfacial tension is required, but not sufficient for an efficient demulsification. Addition of the chemicals directly to the oil phase prior to emulsification, i.e., as inhibitors, increased the performance of the chemicals significantly.
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