研磨破乳的规律及其机理

报道了研磨破乳的实验规律，讨论了研磨破乳的基本步骤：（１）过滤过程中乳状液内相液滴在研磨剂表面铺展成膜并进一步聚结──过滤破乳；（２）研磨剂的相互碰撞使乳状液的分散液滴受到摩擦力和剪切力，导致液滴聚结──研磨破乳。     

Span80-TBP-NaOH体系破乳方法及膜内反应研究

采用Span80-TBP-NaOH体系乳状液膜法提取红土矿浸出液中的镍,对提取分离后的乳液进行破乳实验,经过加热-离心联合破乳法,破乳率可达90%.通过比较提取镍前后,乳液的红外光谱图,证明了膜内反应的发生;通过比较原始油相和破乳后油相的红外光谱图,证明了破乳后油相的重复利用性.     

原油乳状液稳定性和破乳研究进展

本文从控制乳状液稳定性的一些因素－界面膜、界面张力、双电层、空间位阻、固体粒子、液晶、油相溶解度、连续相粘度等方面综述了有关乳状液稳定性的一些研究进展。对国内外有关原油乳状液的破乳研究也做了综述。同时，介绍了应用于乳状液稳定性研究的新的实验技术和仪器。     

亲水性混合纤维素酯微孔膜对O/W乳液的破乳

亲水性混合纤维素酯微孔膜对O/W乳液的破乳;破乳机理;膜污染和清洗;混合纤维素酯膜     

微波用于破乳的研究

原油自井下开采出来要穿过窄隙,与水和气混在一起。油中含有沥青质、石油环烷酸;水中含有各种矿物质,都是天然的乳化剂。因此,大量原油将以乳状液的形式被开采出来,大多数为油包水型(W/O),开发到中后期还会出现油包水、水又包油(O/W/O)型。这种原油无法进一步加工,于是,原油脱水成为采油和集输中一个普遍关注的问题。原油脱水国外较多使用化学破乳法,我国各油田多使用电—化学破乳。电—化学脱水法对高含水原油的适应性差,还需增设预脱水工序。而纯化学脱水,试剂昂贵,生产费用较高。因而,近年来人们开始探索将超声技术、微波技术用于破乳。本文考察了微波破乳效果及其机制,并与常规法进行比较。     

微波辐射破乳研究进展

综述了微波辐射破乳的有关研究进展。微波辐射是一种有效的破乳手段，与重力沉降、化学、加热等破乳方法相比，能显著地加速稠油体系，含天然表面活性物质、无机盐、固体粒子、三元复合驱剂等乳状液的破乳，提高破乳效果，并且能够提高破乳脱出水的透光率。无机盐与微波辐射两种破乳方式存在加和作用，在极少量的NaCl，MgCl2，caCl2，KCl存在时，用微波辐射120～150s，破乳率可达100％。微波辐射破乳作为一种很有吸引力的破乳方法已在实验室和油田现场取得成功。     

多元复合原油破乳剂的研究和应用

本文评价了几种破乳剂对克拉玛依原油的破乳效果。进行了单剂和复配剂的化学破乳及除油率的筛选。结果表明复配破乳剂在加药浓度、净化油含水和净化水含油、脱水速度等方面均优于单剂。表明复配破乳剂是高效原油破乳剂的研究方向之一。     

用于分离油水乳液的先进材料

海洋原油泄漏事故的频发以及工业污水排放量的日益增加,给生态环境和人类健康造成了巨大的威胁,因此,开发应用于油水分离的先进材料是重要的研究任务。相较于不混溶的油水混合物,油水乳液(也称为乳化油水)的分离是一个更加艰巨的挑战。本文以分离油水乳液的材料作为研究体系,首先从本质上分析了油水乳液的形成机理以及分离原理,强调了“尺寸筛分”效应和膜破乳技术的重要性;然后从基材的角度全面介绍并讨论了常用于分离乳化油水的先进材料的最新进展,详细阐述了各种不同改性方法在油水分离领域中的应用。对材料进行改性的出发点是“合适的孔径”以及“特殊润湿性能”,并能满足优异的分离能力、渗透能力、抗污染能力、机械能力和稳定性,而这些性能在实际的分离操作中是非常关键的。环境系统在未来会变得越来越复杂,真实环境下的油水乳液大多含有较多的污染物,而且分离条件大多较苛刻,因此油水分离材料需要不断地改进,以满足这样的条件。我们相信,未来能在苛刻条件下高效分离多种油水乳液和其他杂质的多功能性先进材料会有巨大的应用前景。     

分光光度法测定乳化含硫污水中铁含量实验的探讨

本文针对乳化含硫污水进行了不同类型的破乳实验,对破乳后的样品进行了铁含量的测定以确定适用于含硫污水的破乳方法。通过控制单一变量研究乳化含硫污水铁含量测定过程中的影响因素,确定了样品体积为50mL时,正丁醇加入量为2.5mL、盐酸加入量为5滴,消解后调节样品pH=4.5的实验方案。通过实验验证,该方法适用于乳化含硫污水铁含量的测定。     

超支化聚酰胺-胺破乳剂的合成及应用

以N-丙烯酰-1,2-乙二胺盐酸盐(ADE)合成为基础,通过ADE的Michael加成反应制备阳离子超支化聚合物聚N-丙烯酰-1,2-乙二胺盐酸盐(HADE),并对其结构进行了表征。研究表明,50℃下,HADE破乳剂(质量浓度为200 mg/L)对含煤油质量分数5%的水包油(O/W)煤油乳液的除油率可高达95.6%,显示了产品在乳液破乳除油方面良好的发展前景。     

优秀原油破乳剂所具备的性能初探

原油破乳剂是国内外油田矿场所必需的化学药剂,可在针对性的破乳剂性能选择上一直缺乏系统的理论支持。由于原油组成的复杂性,加上影响形成乳化原油的因素众多,给原油破乳剂的研究工作带来许多困难。本文从原油乳状液的形成机理入手,分析了乳状液的稳定性原因、破乳机理、破乳剂分子结构性能、物化性能与破乳效果,提出了优秀的原油破乳剂所应具备的性能。     

DEMULSIFICATION OF WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS USING WATER SOLUBLE DEMULSIFIERS

The possibility of using a water soluble,as opposed to the conventional oil soluble demulsifier, to destabilize a w/o emulsion in crude oil has been explored. It was found experimentally that a surfactant soluble in the water (dispersed) phase could destabilize the emulsion. Polymer molecules with varying HLB's and molecular weights and structure were synthesized and these compounds were added to the water phase to destabilize the water/crude oil emulsions. Molecules with a high percentage of hydrophilic groups and low molecular weights showed very good demulsifying abilities.     

Surfactant polycomplexes in displacement processes of non-polar liquids from porous systems and demulsification of reverse emulsions

The surface properties of the polycomplexes of the non-ionic surfactant OP-10 with synthetic polyelectrolytes (polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, and polyethylenimine) at the water | (toluene + cyclohexane + hexane) interface were studied. It was found that at the low relative concentrations of OP-10 in the mixture (n = 0.05–1) the decrease in the surface tension is maximal. The displacement rate of the oil from the capillaries of different nature with aqueous solutions of various polyelectrolytes and OP-10 depends weakly on the nature of the capillary. The coefficient of oil displacement from porous systems with aqueous solutions of polycomplexes is higher by 18–25% than that of oil recovery with water. The study of the demulsifying properties of the polycomplexes showed that the lifetime of the reverse emulsions, including oil emulsions, is sharply decreased for large n values (n = 5–20).     

Chemical demulsification of natural petroleum emulsions of Assam (India)

About one third petroleum production of every oil field is in the form of water in oil emulsions which are normally stabilized by the nickel and vanadium porphyrins from asphaltene portion of crude. The petroleum emulsions of Assam oil fields which have been taken for the present work, are stabilized by the organometallic compounds of iron and high molecular weight compounds from asphaltenes. There is least possibility of any change on these natural petroleum emulsions. The Assam oil field emulsions have been tried to be broken by polyoxyethylene alkyl phenols, their sulphonates and sodium sulphonates in different combinations. The nonyl and octyl phenols with 30 and 40 molecules of ethylene oxide are found most suitable demulsifiers for Lakwa, Rudrasagar and Galeki (Assam) oil fields emulsions. The effect of polyoxyethylene alkyl phenols followed by the treatment of polyvalent cations had been studied for the first time in the field of demulsification of natural petroleum emulsions. This new combination has shown the best results as this broke even the most stable petroleum emulsions which could not be broken by polyoxyethylene alkyl phenols alone. In the present paper a simple method for calculating the chemical demulsification efficiency and a factor H/S paralleled to HLB & H/L for evaluating the emulsification property of surface active agents, have been introduced.     

An Experimental Study on the Viscosity of Water-in-Oil Emulsions

Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions are very common in the petroleum industry, and their viscosities are the principle parameters for the operation design. Typical correlations composed by one or two factors cannot always fit the apparent viscosity of W/O emulsions very well, especially when applied to the crude oil/water emulsions. The viscosities of W/O emulsions, which were made from three kinds of crude oil, were measured by Anton Paar MCR302 viscometer at atmospheric pressure with different temperatures as well as shear rates. The experiment results indicate that W/O emulsion would exhibit Newtonian characteristic when water content is no higher than 0.2 and non-Newtonian characteristic otherwise. According to the experimental data, a modified correlation based on the Broughton–Squires model and Ronningsen model was introduced to predict the viscosity of W/O emulsions, and the comparison results showed that the new modified correlation has better accuracy than the original models.     

Water-in-crude oil emulsions from the Norwegian Continental Shelf. A stabilization and destabilization study.

Stabilization and destabilization of water-in-crude oil emulsions from the North Sea is reviewed. It is concluded that indigenous interfacially active components in the crude oils are responsible for the stabilization. Model systems stabilized by these components have stability properties similar to the authentic water-in-crude oil emulsions. Destabilization has been undertaken with solvents, surfactants and polymers. Corresponding mechanisms are discussed.     

Enhanced sedimentation and coalescence of petroleum crude oil emulsions by the new generation of environmentally friendly yellow chemicals

This study compares by means of new and advanced destabilization protocols the efficiency of new chemistry environmentally friendly (yellow) demulsifiers with already commercially available red demulsifiers in destabilizing two types of water-in-oil (w/o) emulsions: petroleum crude oil emulsions and model dense packed layers (DPLs). Oil–water separation profiles were measured by low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), which allows monitoring the water content as well as the mean droplet size in the emulsion as function of the sample height and the time. Separation profiles measured by NMR depicted an increase of the free water release kinetics as the concentration of demulsifier as well as the sedimentation rate increased. The water resolution was not substantially improved by increasing the concentration further while the water quality was worse, most likely due to adsolubilization. There was no observation of DPL formation in these crude oil emulsions. Four different demulsifiers were tested on a model DPL and compared with normal crude oil emulsions. One chemical showed higher efficiency in destabilizing DPL than destabilizing crude oil emulsion. The interfacial rheological properties for one of the systems showed a slight increase in the elastic modulus (E′), as the concentration of demulsifier increased. The increment of the elastic modulus is not totally understood. The most central parameters were represented by principal component analysis (PCA). PCA did not contribute in a better characterization of the chemicals. The new-generation yellow demulsifiers did not reproduce the efficiency of commercially available, less environmentally friendly, (red) demulsifiers.     

Effect of Interfacially Active Fractions of Some Egyptian Crude Oils on Their Emulsion Stability

Four samples from different crude oils were used for this study: light and heavy crude oils from Iran and two crude oils from Egypt, namely, Ras Gharb and Suez mix. The asphaltenes were separated from these crude oils and then the maltene (non‐asphaltenic fraction) was fractionated into waxes, aromatics, and resins. All fractions were characterized using FTIR and UV spectroscopic analyses in addition to gel permeation chromatograph (GPC). These fractions were tested for their emulsion stability. For chemometric analysis different parameters (variables) have been used to study the effect of different fractions (objects) on the emulsion stability. Such variables included the integrated areas under the stretching absorption peaks of CH in the range of 3000–2800 cm^?1, C?O in the range of 1750–1650 cm^?1, and the aromatic C?C in the range of 1650–1550 cm^?1, as well as UV absorption value at 235 nm and average molecular weight (MW). Principal component analysis (PCA) and multiple linear regression (MLR) were conducted for examining the relationship between multiple variables and the stability of water‐in‐crude oil emulsions. The results of PCA explain the interrelationships between the observations and variables in multivariate data. The correlation coefficients between different parameters derived from PCA reveals that the UV absorption value and MW are strongly correlated with emulsion stability. It also reveals that the resins, asphaltenes, and maltene have better emulsion stability than waxes and lower molecular weight aromatics. The linear relationship between the parameters and the stability of water‐in‐crude oil emulsions using MLR was modeled according to the better statistical results. The obtained mathematical model can be used to predict the stability of water‐in‐crude oil emulsions from the chemical groups and functionalities in each crude oil fraction.     

Magnetically Recoverable Efficient Demulsifier for Water‐in‐Oil Emulsions

A magnetically recoverable and efficient demulsifier is shown to demulsify surfactant‐stable water‐in‐oil emulsions rapidly. Ferroferric oxide (Fe₃O₄) particles are firstly coated by amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO₂), and further functionalized with a commercial dodecyltrimethoxysilane solution (KH‐1231). Owing to their paramagnetic properties, the demulsifier particles can be easily recovered with a magnet. Upon addition of demulsifier to emulsions and subsequent sonification, the supernatant becomes completely transparent and no droplets are observed in the micrographs. It was also demonstrated that this demulsifier is effective for emulsions prepared with a variety of oils. Moreover, magnetically recovered demulsifier can be recycled after simple treatment without any decline of efficiency. This work presents a feasible approach for demulsifying water‐in‐oil emulsions, and has potential value in industry.     

Heavy oil as an emulsion: Composition,structure, and rheological properties

Recent works devoted to studying the structure and rheological properties of water/oil disperse systems have been reviewed. Contemporary understandings of crude heavy oil as a water-in-oil emulsion have been discussed. Data on the mechanism of the stabilizing effect of natural lipophilic surfactants and ultradispersed particles of different natures contained in oil have been presented. Methods that are used to improve the transport characteristics of heavy oil—in particular, the formation of low-viscosity oil-in-water emulsions—have been listed. Colloidal and rheological properties of heavy oil-in-water emulsions, which are increasingly applied for pipeline transportation of oil, have been considered.