If the critical field strength (E c) is exceeded, the droplets in water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions
would undergo severe electrodispersion during the electric dehydration. Naphthenic acid …

Waterflooding has been widely adopted as an improved oil recovery technique since water
is, in general, inexpensive and readily available. More recently, low salinity waterflooding …

The behaviors of an asphaltene model compound, N-(1-undecyldodecyl)-N′-(5-
carboxylicpentyl)-perylene-3, 4, 9, 10-tetracarboxylbisimide (C5PeC11), in the absence and …

Pollution from heavy‐metal ions has become a major challenge to the global fight against
environmental pollution. Given the availability of various low‐cost and environmentally …

The use of herbicide mixtures has been a common practice in the control of weeds in
sugarcane crops. The concern with the interactions between the molecules of different …

Breaking water-in-oil emulsions during the refining of crude oils is an important step before
any upgrading process is started. Asphaltene molecules are incriminated as playing an …

The emulsification of heavy oil is universal in various stages of heavy oil extraction,
processing, and transportation. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were …

Nanoaggregation of three synthetic polyaromatic compounds, N-(1-hexylhepyl)-N′-(5-
carboxylicpentyl)-perylene-3, 4, 9, 10-tetracarboxylicbisimide (C5Pe), N-(1-undecyldodecyl) …

Asphaltenes are operationally defined as the fraction of crude oil that is soluble in toluene
but insoluble in n-heptane. According to the Yen–Mullins model, typical asphaltenes are …

In situ combustion (ISC) is one of the highest potential enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
processes for heavy oils. However, several operational issues, including the formation of …