Demulsification of petroleum emulsions using microwave separation method

Abdulbari, Hayder A. and Nour, A. H. and R. M., Yunus and Wafaa, Kamil Mahmood and Azhari, H. Nour (2011) Demulsification of petroleum emulsions using microwave separation method. International Journal of Physical Sciences, 6 (23). pp. 5376-5382. ISSN 1992-1950. (Published)

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Abstract

The formation of emulsions during oil production and processing is a costly problem, both in terms of chemicals used and production losses. For economic and operational reasons, it is necessary to separate the water completely from crude oils before transporting or refining them. Experimental data are presented to show the influences of Triton X-100, low-sulfur wax residue (LSWR), sorbitan monooleate (Span 83) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on the stability and microwave demulsification of petroleum emulsions. It was found that emulsion stability was related to several parameters including the surfactant concentration, water-to-oil phase ratio (10 to 90%), temperature and agitation speed. Based on this study, a possible emulsion-minimization approach utilizing microwave irradiation is suggested, which could be implemented in refineries. Compared with conventional heating, the use of microwave heating can significantly enhance the demulsification rate, reaching over 90 v/v% for the emulsions studied in this work.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Microwave; surfactant; demulsification; water-in-oil emulsion (w/o); separation
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Faculty of Industrial Sciences And Technology
Depositing User: Mrs. Neng Sury Sulaiman
Date Deposited: 25 Feb 2020 03:11
Last Modified: 25 Feb 2020 03:11
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25860
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