Emulsions frequently encountered in petroleum production, include water-in-oil (W/O)
emulsions, oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions, and water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsions, which …

With the ever increasing demand for energy to meet the needs of growth in population and
improvement in the living standards in particular in developing countries, the abundant …

Unconventional petroleum ores have been considered to be an important part of petroleum
resources and an important alternative source of chemicals and energy supply. Extremely …

Oil refinery activity can be an emission source of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) to the environment, while the contamination profiles in soils remain …

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 novel aliphatic alcohol nonionic polyether (MJTJU-2) has been successfully synthesized
by esterification and polymerization. It is found that this new polyether is efficient in fast …

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

Effective separation of various oil-water emulsions using hydrophobic/oleophilic,
hydrophilic/oleophobic or amphiphilic materials has gained high research interests. With the …

Progress in microwave (MW) energy application technology has stimulated remarkable
advances in manufacturing and high-quality applications of ionic liquids (ILs) that are …

Graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets have been experimentally proved to be a highly
efficiency, rapid and universal demulsifier to break up the crude oil-in-water emulsion and/or …