The processing of crude oil often requires the extraction of a large amount of water.
Frequently, crude oil is mixed with water to form water-in-crude oil emulsions as the result of …

Microfluidic devices are promising tools for the production of monodispersed tuneable
complex emulsions. This review highlights the advantages of microfluidics for the fabrication …

Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is a selective electrokinetic particle manipulation technology that is
applied for almost 100 years and currently finds most applications in biomedical research …

Water is co-produced with crude oils, generally in the form of water-in-crude oil emulsions.
The oil and water phases need to be separated before export. Separation is performed in …

Under high-strength electric fields, partial coalescence may occur, thus producing fine
secondary droplets, which are undesirable for separating water from oil. In this study …

Electrical dehydrators are often used to separate water from oil emulsions. However, the
frequency and electric field strength are fixed during separation and cannot change with the …

Electric field assisted coalescence is one of the most efficient methods for water-in-oil
emulsion separation. In this paper, we experimentally study water droplet evolution in an oil …

Electrocoalescence is an energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly process for
demulsifying water-in-oil emulsions, which has been extensively used in the oil and …

The effect of an electric field on the coalescence of two water drops suspended in an
insulating oil is investigated. We report four new results.(i) The cone angle for the non …

Crude oil emulsions can reach stability levels that pose severe challenges for the
processing industry. Certain conventional methods are used to deal with these challenges …