The formation of stable emulsions is a fundamental problem in oil industry that can result in
a sequence of environmental and operational problems. Chemical demulsification is …

The quest for effective demulsification materials is growing rapidly in the recent times.
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are an attractive alternative of commercial demulsifiers …

In recent years, ionic liquids have received increasing interests as an effective demulsifier
due to their characteristics of non-flammability, thermal stability, recyclability, and low vapor …

The green chemicals based on bio-surface-active ionic liquids attracted great attention in the
petroleum industry as a result of their high efficiency as multipurpose additives for the …

This work presents a systematic study of asphaltene pre-aggregation phenomena in the
absence and in the presence of ionic liquids (ILs) from the family of 1-alkyl-3 …

The petroleum industry is greatly in need of smart and cheap demulsifiers to break heavy
crude oil emulsions. This study investigates the performance of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) as …

Asphaltene precipitation often brings difficulties to the recovery and transportation of heavy
crude oil. Poly (maleic acid amide-co-vinyl acetate) copolymers with various aromatic …

This study reports the efficacy of quartz particles extracted from sand for the destabilization
of crude oil emulsions and efficient water removal. Demulsification performance of quartz …

The increase in global energy demand over the next 30 years is estimated to reach almost
60%. With the increase in global energy consumption and demand for fossil fuels, the …

In this work, poly (ionic liquid) s (PILs) with swelling ability were prepared via the free radical
copolymerization of N‐vinyl imidazolium ionic liquids and divinylbenzene. Nuclear magnetic …