The crude oil recovery process is frequently associated with the formation of stable
emulsions due to factors such as turbulent flow in pipelines and the presence of surface …

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 …

Efficient separation of various oil/water emulsions using amphiphilic, hydrophobic/oleophilic,
or hydrophilic/oleophobic-based membrane materials have attracted considerable attention …

Crude oil is one of the most widely used energy and industrial raw materials that is crucial to
the world economy, and is used to produce various petroleum products. However, crude oil …

A clover-shaped demulsifier (M− MEA) was synthesized via a simple two-step reaction, and
its chemical structure was corroborated using 1 H NMR and FT-IR. The demulsification …

Emulsions are undesirable in the petroleum industry, as these often lead to numerous
problems such as the corrosion of equipment, high-pressure drop in the pipeline, high …

Nanotechnology is a scientific discipline that has a wide range of applications in practically
every aspect of modern life, particularly in the fabrication of nanomaterials and …

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 …

A contactless emulsification method is presented using corona discharge. The corona
discharge forms using a pin-to-plate configuration, creating a non-uniform electric field. This …

In order to evaluate the performance and mechanism of de-emulsification for amphiphilic
polymer produced oil in water (O/W) emulsion, the environmentally friendly β-cyclodextrin (β …