The analysis of emulsion structure changes during flow through porous structure |
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| Authors: | Mariola Błaszczyk Jerzy Sęk Piotr Pacholski Łukasz Przybysz |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Polandmar.blaszczyk@o2.pl;3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland |
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| Abstract: | The aspects of emulsion flow through porous media are crucial for many industrial processes, especially in the development of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques and also during oily wastewater purification. In this paper we investigated the hydrodynamics of gravitational flow of emulsions with inner phase of different concentrations. We also tried to determine the quantitative changes in the droplet diameter distribution and concentration of emulsion flowing out of the bed. On the basis of experimental data, it was possible to describe the influence of emulsion concentration on the hydrodynamics process and to characterize the changes of the structure of emulsion. |
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| Keywords: | Emulsion flow gravitational flow porous media |
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