Spray-dried oil powder with ultrahigh oil content

We report a new facile route to the production of solid oil powders with an oil weight content of as high as 90% or beyond. The proposed method starts from a standard protein-stabilized oil-in-water emulsion in which a protein monolayer absorbed at the oil-water interface is successively cross linked by a thermal treatment. The emulsion is then spray dried as for ordinary emulsions, however without the addition of hydrocolloids typically needed when spray drying liquid oil dispersions. This leads to a final solid oil powder in which the total mass is constituted of oil, proteins, and eventual buffer salts and in which the elasticity of the cross-linked protein monolayer is alone sufficient to stabilize the powder and to limit any oil leakage. To best illustrate the potential in food applications and to preserve the food-grade nature of the constituents, we have used thermal denaturation at 80 °C for 15 min to cross link a β-lactoglobulin-stabilized olive oil-in-water emulsion and to produce the corresponding solid oil powder. Because of the simplicity and flexibility of the proposed pathway, the present method can be used inexpensively to convert any type of hydrophobic liquid into the corresponding solid powder and is then particularly suitable for cosmetic, pharmaceutical, medical, biotechnological, and food applications.     

痕量动物油和植物油的区分检验研究

采用碱催化甲酯化的前处理方法,应用气相色谱-质谱联用技术对动物油和植物油的区分检验进行了研究。实验检出了6种主要脂肪酸:肉豆蔻酸、棕榈油酸、棕榈酸、亚油酸、油酸、硬脂酸。分析了动物油与植物油在成分及相对含量上的差异,并且找出了动物油和植物油在不饱和度上的差别。根据动物油与植物油的差异点,可以对动物油和植物油进行区分。     

紫外可见分光光度法鉴别掺兑潲水油的花生油

研究了潲水油、花生油、调和油和葵花籽油的紫外可见光吸收光谱。实验表明,根据光谱曲线形状差异和吸光度大小可以鉴别掺兑潲水油的花生油,并能定量检测。该方法具有仪器简单、检测快速、费用低廉等优点。     

Thermal analysis of coals,oil shales and oil sands

Instances where differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry have been applied to the study of coals, oil shales and oil sands are reviewed. Work carried out in this laboratory and model studies culled from the literature are used as examples to illustrate a particular application. The topics covered include characterization, assay, thermal stability determination and simulation of processing conditions.     

Biodiesel from soybean oil,castor oil and their blends

Even not being described in the EN 14112 standard, PDSC has been used for the determination of the biodiesel oxidative stability, by OIT and OT measurements. In this study, biodiesel blends were obtained by mixing soybean (BES) and castor (BEM) ethyl esters and its induction periods were measured by Rancimat and PDSC. The blends (BSM _X ) showed intermediate values of OSI, OT, and OIT, compared with BES and BEM. Although, the molar fraction of the components varied linearly in BSM _X , OSI, OT, and OIT values increased exponentially in relation to the castor biodiesel amount in the blends. Introduction of castor oil biodiesel increased the blend stability, so the BSM₃₀ blend reached the OSI limit of 6 h. OSI, OIT, and OT showed a high-linear correlation, pointing out that PDSC can be used in the analysis of this kind of biodiesel, with a smaller sample and analysis time, as compared to Rancimat. The use of biodiesel blends was a good alternative in the correction of the oxidative stability of the final product without the need of antioxidant addition.     

Photoresponsive oil sorbers

A photoresponsive oil sorber (POS) with a hydrophobic, photoresponsive core and shell has been synthesized via suspension polymerization. Lauryl acrylate, isodecyl acrylate, and tert‐butylstyrene were used as monomers, 4‐(methacrylamino)azobenzene (Azo‐M) used as photoresponsive monomer, and bis(methacryloylamino)azobenzene (Azo‐CL‐M) used as photoresponsive surface crosslinker. The POS prefers nonpolar solvents. It absorbed 15 times its dry weight in toluene, 19 times its dry weight in chloroform, and 16 times its dry weight in dichloromethane. Rapid and photoresponsive desorption of solvent (86% of solvent expulsed in 30 min) was characteristic. POS is an excellent gasoline absorber rapidly increasing its body weight in its presence. The new POS is less dense than water, and can potentially be used for cleaning oil spills on water. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 55–62, 2010     

Interfacial oil droplets

Very small, discrete oil droplets can form at the solid-liquid interface. We demonstrate this effect through formation of decane droplets at the interface between an aqueous ethanol solution and silicon wafers that have been made hydrophobic through self-assembly of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS). The droplets have a lens-like shape; the shape is approximately a spherical cap with a contact angle < 25 degrees. The heights of the droplets are about 2-50 nm, and diameters at the three-phase boundary are about 100-600 nm in 25% ethanol solution. The size and contact angle can be varied by changing the ethanol concentration. The contact angle of the very small droplets (height < 20 nm) is similar to the contact angle of macroscopic droplets (height approximately equal to 1 mm), so the line tension is very small. The droplets are only stable for a few hours: they gradually lose mass, presumably through Ostwald ripening. The drop perimeter is not pinned during ripening but retreats across the solid. We form the droplets by direct adsorption from an emulsion; evidence for adsorption is obtained by comparing the drop volumes in bulk to the volumes at the interface. The droplet sizes are obtained by dynamic light scattering and atomic force microscopy.     

Biodiesels from beef tallow/soybean oil/babassu oil blends

The aim of this work is to examine the behaviour of gutta-percha (α–β) after heating, because of the several techniques using the warm gutta-percha as root canal filling material. Samples of gutta-percha have been examined by the thermal analysis. The gutta-percha has been submitted to four runs of heating from the temperature of 25–130 °C, followed by spontaneous cooling. It was found that some products have shown the typical behaviour of the α-gutta-percha; some materials have shown characteristics similar to the conventional β-gutta-percha. The samples have shown a significant mass loss after the first run of heating, while the mass tends to stabilize after the third run. Heating of gutta-percha up to 130 °C causes physical changes; this is due to the presence of additives, which alter the behaviour of the material.     

延长油田长2原油组分特征研究

采用柱层色谱分离法、热重法、傅立叶红外光谱、紫外光谱和偏光显微分析等表征方法,对采自延长油田某采油厂长2层原油样品进行了组分分离和分析,并对其热重行为、饱和烃组分结蜡行为等进行了研究.研究结果表明,在原油热重反应过程中,低温下主要是其轻、中组分(饱和烃、芳香烃)及水分的物理蒸发,高温下主要是重组分(胶质、沥青质)的物理蒸发及化学反应.显微分析发现原油中的胶质、沥青质等强极性组分使饱和烃组分冷却结晶时的蜡晶分散度增大,尺寸相对减小,颗粒数明显增多,蜡晶形状由片状三维网络结构变为颗粒状,因而蜡晶之间的联结度减弱,不易缔合形成大块蜡晶聚集体,说明该原油中的极性组分可以有效抑制原油的结蜡.     

Essential oil composition and antiradical activity of the oil of Iraq plants

This study examined the antiradical activity and chemical composition of essential oils of some plants grown in Mosul, Iraq. The essential oils of myrtle and parsley seed contained α-pinene (36.08% and 22.89%, respectively) as main constituents. Trans-Anethole was the major compound found in fennel and aniseed oils (66.98% and 93.51%, respectively). The dominant constituent of celery seed oil was limonene (76.63%). Diallyl disulphide was identified as the major component in garlic oil (36.51%). Antiradical activity was higher in garlic oil (76.63%) and lower in myrtle oil (39.23%). The results may suggest that some essential oils from Iraq possess compounds with antiradical activity, and these oils can be used as natural antioxidants in food applications.     

The determination of water in crude oil and transformer oil reference materials

The measurement of the amount of water in oils is of significant economic importance to the industrial community, particularly to the electric power and crude oil industries. The amount of water in transformer oils is critical to their normal function and the amount of water in crude oils affects the cost of the crude oil at the well head, the pipeline, and the refinery. Water in oil Certified Reference Materials (CRM) are essential for the accurate calibration of instruments that are used by these industries. Three NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) have been prepared for this purpose. The water in these oils has been measured by both coulometric and volumetric Karl Fischer methods. The compounds (such as sulfur compounds) that interfere with the Karl Fischer reaction (interfering substances) and inflate the values for water by also reacting with iodine have been measured coulometrically. The measured water content of Reference Material (RM) 8506a Transformer Oil is 12.1+/-1.9 mg kg(-1) (plus an additional 6.2+/-0.9 mg kg(-1) of interfering substances). The measured water content of SRM 2722 Sweet Crude Oil, is 99+/-6 mg kg(-1) (plus an additional 5+/-2 mg kg(-1) of interfering substances). The measured water content of SRM 2721 Sour Crude Oil, is 134+/-18 mg kg(-1) plus an additional 807+/-43 mg kg(-1) of interfering substances. Interlaboratory studies conducted with these oil samples (using SRM 2890, water saturated 1-octanol, as a calibrant) are reported. Some of the possible sources of bias in these measurements were identified, These include: improperly calibrated instruments, inability to measure the calibrant accurately, Karl Fischer reagent selection, and volatilization of the interfering substances in SRM 2721.     

颗粒粒径对油页岩热解产油率的影响

以桦甸油页岩为原料研究了颗粒粒径对油页岩热解产油率的影响。将油页岩破碎、筛分得到<0.074、0.074~0.125、0.125~0.25、0.25~0.5、0.5~1和1~3 mm不同粒级样品,再将0.25~0.5、0.5~1和1~3 mm大粒级样品粉碎制得对应的细粉样品,采用低温干馏法和热重分析分别测定表征样品的油产率和有机质含量。结果表明,油产率随着粒径减小逐渐降低,从1~3 mm下的11.92%降到<0.074 mm下的6.14%。热重分析表明,有机质含量随着粒径降低而降低,且油产率与有机质含量有明显的线性关系。0.25~0.5、0.5~1和1~3 mm样品经粉碎后油产率降低、气产率升高,但变化值均小于1%。在破碎过程中有机质选择性地富集在大粒级样品中,且页岩油二次反应程度随着粒径的减小而增大,使得页岩油产率随着粒径的降低而降低,且有机质选择性富集是主导因素。     

The stability of hydrocarbon oil droplets at the surfactant/oil interface

Summary The effect of the nature of the oil on the coalescence of single oil droplets at the plane aqueous surfactant solution/oil interface has been investigated. The drop rest-times for the first stage coalescence of a range of hydrocarbon oils have been measured with constant drop volume. The apparatus was based on a design byNielsen et al. (13). Variables that affected drop lifetimes such as drop size, apparatus dimensions, saturation of the two phases with the other component, and surfactant concentration and chain length were investigated and a standard technique was developed. For saturated hydrocarbons the droplet stability falls progressively with increase in chain length. Unsaturation or aromatic character brings about a decrease in droplet stability. The results are discussed in terms of the balance between the cohesive forces between oil molecules and the adhesive forces, between the alkyl chain of the surfactant and oil molecules.The addition of small quantities of long chain alcohol brings about a marked increase in stability through the formation of a complex condensed film at the oil/water interface. Attempts to correlate droplet stability data and the stabilities of bulk emulsion systems and spreading coefficient were not successful.

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Zusammenfassung Die Koaleszenz von Öltropfen auf planen Oberflächen von Tensiden wurde untersucht, wozu eine Standardtechnik entwickelt wurde. Bei gesättigten Kohlenwasserstoffn nimmt die Stabilität der Tröpfchen mit zunehmender Kettenlänge ab. Auch ungesättigte Bindungen und aromatische Gruppen erniedrigen die Stabilität.Die Resultate werden diskutiert unter Berücksichtigung der kohäsiven Kräfte zwischen den Molekülen des Kohlenwasserstoffes und den adhäsiven Kräften zwischen den Alkylketten der Tenside und den Kohlenwasserstoffmolekülen.Die Stabilität wird stark erhöht, wenn geringe Mengen langkettigen Alkohols zugesetzt werden, infolge der Bildung eines komplexen kondensierten Films an der Öl/Wasser-Grenzfläche. Versuche, die gewonnenen Stabilitätsdaten mit der Stabilität der Bulkemulsionen und des Spreitungskoeffizienten in Beziehung zu setzen, waren nicht erfolgreich.

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Nomenclature A area per molecule of surfactant at the interface (nm²) - a activity - C concentration (mol dm^–3) - d drop diameter (cm or mm) - d ₀ mean droplet diameter on volume basis at initial storage - d _t mean droplet diameter on volume basis aftert days storage - h film thickness - K Boltzmann's constant - K ₁ coalescence constant - k first order rate constant for coalescence (s^-1) - k ₁ coalescence constant - k ₂ empirical constant - L distance from needle to interface (cm) - M geometric mean rest-time (s) - N number of droplets not coalesced - n exponent - R gas constant - S spreading coefficient (Nm^-1) - T absolute temperature - T1/2 first order half-life for coalescence (s) - t time (s) - t _d drainage time (s) - t1/2 time required for half of droplets to coalesce (s) - ^tmean mean rest-time (s) - V molar volume - v velocity of hole formation - Hv latent heat of vaporization - solubility parameter - interfacial tension (Nm^-1) - ⁰ interfacial tension between pure oil and water - _e viscosity of continuous phase - density - density difference - surface tension - ag geometric standard deviation - T surface excess - T ₀ saturation adsorption     

胜利超稠油的乳化降黏机理研究

研究了胜利油田滨南超稠油单56-4X4高黏的内在原因。油品性质分析结果表明,影响其高黏度的主要因素有两个:胶质、沥青质的总含量超过30%;有机杂原子O、N、S及过渡金属Ni等形成的配位络合物增加了沥青质分子的内聚力。实验筛选出的降黏剂OP-10对该超稠油降黏率高达99.59%。通过FT-IR、SEM、分子量和偶极矩等分析对比了降黏剂作用前后胶质、沥青质的结构性质变化,结果表明,OP-10使胶质、沥青质的氢键缔合作用减弱,部分拆散沥青质的堆积结构,从而使胶质、沥青质的分子量和偶极矩减小,分析得到降黏剂分子能渗透及分散胶质、沥青质的堆砌聚集体。偏光显微镜对乳状液及蜡晶微观形态的分析表明,降黏剂OP-10使超稠油乳状液由W/O型反相为O/W型而起到降黏作用;使蜡晶的聚集形态由细小均匀转变为尺寸较大的絮凝体,破坏蜡晶的三维网络结构,促进稠油黏度的下降。     

Determination of residual oil in diesel oil by spectrofluorimetric and chemometric analysis

Multivariate calibration (PLS), principal components analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA), associated to synchronous spectrofluorimetry, were used to identify and quantify non-transesterified residual vegetable oil in diesel oil with the addition of 2% of biodiesel (B2). The addition of residual oil, one of the easiest ways of adultering fuel, damages engines and leads to tax evasion. Using this method, the samples of diesel oil, B2, and B2 contaminated with residual oil were classified correctly and separated into three well-defined groups. The quantification of residual oil in B2 was carried out in the 0-25% (w/w) band, RMSEC and RMSEP values ranging from 0.26 to 0.48% (w/w) and 1.6-2.6% (w/w), respectively. The method is highly sensitive and efficient to identify and quantify this type of adulterant in which 100% of the samples were correctly classified and the average relative error was approximately 4% in the range 0.5-25% (w/w).