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 …

When a fluid is subject to an electric field, it usually processes unique features compared to
the conventional fluid that arises from coupling between charged particles and fluid …

The structure of microdroplet and microparticle is a critical factor in their functionality, which
determines the distribution and sequence of physicochemical reactions. Therefore, the …

Electrocoalescence has been considered a most efficient method of crude oil dewatering;
however, just electric fields are not enough when dealing with heavy crude oils. In this work …

The electrocoalescence behavior of surfactant-laden droplet pairs in oil under a DC electric
field was investigated in this paper. The characteristic parameters such as coalescence time …

The method of electrostatic force-assisted phase separation is widely used in the chemical
industry. The fast and clean separation capabilities make electrocoalescence a favorite …

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 …

Flexible droplet transportation and coalescence are significant for lots of applications such
as material synthesis and analytical detection. Herein, we present an effective method for …

Drop–interface interaction under an electric field is relevant in commercial desalters wherein
water droplets suspended in oil coalesce under an electric field, move down under gravity …

Coalescence of conducting droplets dispersed in an immiscible medium can be facilitated
by an electric field. However, droplets recoil promptly after contact in sufficiently high electric …