Stable emulsions are frequently encountered in oil production and cause a series of
environmental and operational issues. Chemical demulsification is widely used for the …

A magnetically responsive multi-walled carbon nanotubes (M-MWCNTs) appropriate for
acidic to alkaline conditions of crude O/W emulsion was designed and prepared via …

A novel kind of random acrylic terpolymers based on butyl acrylate (B), 2-(dimethylamino)
ethyl acrylate (Ae), and 2-carboxyethyl acrylate (Ce) monomers was obtained by emulsion …

A series of hyperbranched polyethyleneimine (h-PEI) functioned with terminal amine groups
is synthesized to remove oil from O/W emulsion. The demulsifier dehydration rate of h-PEI is …

Membrane separation strategies offer promising platform for the emulsion separation.
However, the low mechanical strength of membrane separation layers and the trade-off …

This research investigated the performance of dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS), a double-
chain anionic surfactant, in breaking crude oil-in-water emulsions. The response surface …

A series of amphiphilic copolymers (PIDs) were synthesized through free radical
copolymerization of isobutyl acrylate (IBA) with N, N-dimethylacrylamide (DMAA). The …

The products of asphalt upgrading in supercritical water (SCW) forms a mixture of cracked
oil, water, and fine coke particles; this mixture tends to be emulsified, which introduces direct …

The impact of mixing conditions on the removal of water and solids from high-water, poor-
quality bitumen froth was explored. Naphtha diluent and a demulsifier were added to …

An image processing technique is applied to measure the blend time in a confined impeller
stirred tank (CIST). An acid‐base reaction is used to track mixing. The blend time is defined …