Investigation into the mechanisms by which microwave heating enhances separation of water-in-oil emulsions

The separation of water-in-oil emulsions made with Azeri crude was investigated using natural gravity settling and microwave heating techniques. Separation times could be reduced by an order of magnitude compared with untreated emulsions. Increasing the salinity of the water phase leads to a 15% ave...

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Main Authors: Binner, Eleanor, Robinson, John P., Silvester, S.A., Kingman, S.W., Lester, Edward
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31942/