Effect of Experimental Variables on the Combustion Characteristics of Water-in-Diesel Emulsion Fuels

Water-in-diesel (W/D) emulsion fuels were prepared through an ultrasonic processor by using high energy emulsification method. Accordingly, the physical and chemical properties were analyzed. A decrease in viscosity was found in the emulsion fuel in contrast to the neat diesel which signifies the enhanced fluidity of the fuel. The emulsion fuel was then used to carry combustion tests in an internal combustion engine. A decrease in exhaust temperature was observed when a high surfactant to water ratio was used, which lead to minimal heat loss. As water is emulsified with diesel, effectiveness of combustion is improved rather than neat diesel fuel. It was also explored that the addition of water-in-diesel is influential in terms of reduction in exhaust gas emission such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia from the internal combustion engine. Therefore, this type of emulsion fuel would be a useful contribution in the fuel economy, but also in making it environmentally friendly since diesel fuel is now considered one of the leading fuels causing ecological contamination.     

pH-Dependent Aggregation Behavior and Emulsion Stability of Comb-Like Surfactant Containing PEO Grafts

The aggregation behavior of the comb-like surfactant, poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride)-g-(poly(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether) (SMA-M), prepared via the one-pot method, at surface and in solution, was investigated by equilibrium surface tension, rheological technology, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The emulsion prepared from n-decane/water/C₁₃E₇ was used as a model system to determine the influence of SMA-M on the stability of the emulsion. The equilibrium surface tensions of SMA-M solution with various pH were measured. The adsorption data, that is, the saturation surface excess concentration (Γ_max) and the minimum area (A _min) were evaluated using the average monomeric molecular weight (M _nA ). The results showed that Γ_max decreased with the increase of pH, but the A _min enlarged with the increase of pH. The results of the steady-state shear experiment indicated that the aggregate structure of the as-prepared comb-like surfactant SMA-M in aqueous solution evolved from interlinked micelle-like aggregates to isolated inflated micelle-like aggregates, then to rod-like aggregates with the increasing pH, which were confirmed by the TEM images. The investigation of the stabilization of n-decane/water/C₁₃E₇/SMA-M emulsion system indicated that SMA-M obviously slows down the phase separation, and the most effectively stabilized sample was obtained at pH 5.0. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of the Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology to view the free supplemental file.     

Stability of Emulsion Polymerization of New Fluorinated Acrylate Emulsion and Its Characterization

The new fluorinated acrylate emulsion was synthesized by using the intermediate perfluorous nonene and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate as the staring reactants via semi-continuous seeded emulsion polymerization. The structures, glass transition temperature, thermal property and water repellency of the fluorinated acrylate emulsion were characterized with FTIR, differential scanning calorimetry, thermal analysis, and contact angle meter. Influences of many factors such as the theoretical solid content, the temperature of the emulsion polymerization on the stability of the emulsion polymerization, the added amount of emulsifiers and the added amount of the initiator were studied. Results show that the stability of the emulsion polymerization is fairly good when the theoretical solid content is below 30% and the reaction temperature is 80°C and the added amount of emulsifiers and the initiator are 6.0–8.0% and 2.0% respectively. In comparison with the acylate emulsion, the thermal stability of the fluorinated acrylate emulsion is decreased but the water repellency of the fluorinated acrylate emulsion is greatly increased.     

Impact of Various Parameters Over the Stability of Water-in-Vegetable Oil Emulsion

Theory regarding emulsification, its coalescence and impact of emulsifier over its stability has been updated. For the verification of the proposed theory, water-in-oil emulsion was prepared by mixing water and soybean oil in the presence and absence of emulsifier, monoglyceride. The effect of different parameters like emulsification time, contents of water, and concentration of emulsifier has been investigated on the emulsification and coalescence process of the emulsion. It was noted that the emulsion quality was highest if the mixture was homogenized for about 15 minutes and the water contents were 40% v/v. The addition of monoglyceride up to 0.5% w/v gave the most stable emulsion having higher quality than other composition. The results obtained were compared with the proposed theory and found to have good compositions.      

离心系数表征丙烯酰胺反相乳液的稳定性

用丙烯酰胺反相乳液经离心处理后保留的乳液体积与原乳液体积之比（离心系数Vr）考察了丙烯酰胺及其衍生物反相乳液的稳定性。 结果表明,离心系数Vr越大,其乳液的稳定性越好。 在高速离心条件下,由Span80/Span85和Tween80构成的丙烯酰胺及其衍生物反相乳液的Vr与油相质量分数存在正相关的关系。 在油相质量分数确定的情况下,离心系数Vr不仅与3种表面活性剂构成的亲水亲油平衡值（HLB）有关,而且与丙烯酰胺及其衍生物的浓度和类型有关。 HLB值在4.20左右时,乳液是稳定的;随丙烯酸氧乙基三甲基氯化铵（DAC）在水相中质量分数的提高,反相乳液稳定性增强,w(DAC)＞24%时可得到稳定乳液。 在15000 r/min离心3 min,Vr=0.95以上的丙烯酰胺及其衍生物反相乳液很稳定,静置半年仍未出现分层现象。     

Emulsion copolymerization of styrene with a nonionic styrenic polymerizable surfactant

Among the variety of possible structures for polymerizable surfactants, it seems clear that the most interesting should be those with the reactive group located in the hydrophobic part of the molecule. We report here a study based on such a surfactant. Its general formula is A set of surfactants has been produced with m varying from 23 to 48 and n = 6 or 12. The compounds have been characterised by ¹H-NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), size exclusion chromatography, surface tension measurements and turbidimetry. These surfactants have been copolymerized with styrene in emulsion polymerization. The coagulum is rather important, except if m is large enough. Although the incorporation of the surfactant in the latex is rather high. Most of the anchored surfactant remains at the surface and is not too buried inside. The particle size decreases with both the amount of surfactant and the length of its hydrophilic part. The use of these polymerizable surfactants leads to an excellent stability of the latex against the addition of electrolytes, and also against freeze-thawing constraints.     

高水相W／O型乳化膏体油膜稳定性的研究

高水相Ｗ／Ｏ型乳液是指水相体积占７４％以上，属于高度不稳定的分散体系［１，２］．乳化炸药的问世，使这种高水相Ｗ／Ｏ型乳液有了新的实际应用．这种炸药是９０％～９５％重的硝酸铵盐（占水相８０％～９０％重）水溶液高度分散在５％～１０％的油相中构成Ｗ／Ｏ型乳...     

Emulsions of Heavy Crude Oils. II. Viscous Responses and Their Influence on Emulsion Stability Measurements

The stability of 30 heavy crude oil emulsions was studied in a parallel-plate laboratory coalescer (DC field). Particularly, viscous responses and their influence on the emulsion stability measurements were investigated. In addition to highlighting previous results from the same experimental setup and discussing these based on recent experience, new results at different temperatures and volume fractions of water were presented. A new semi-empirical model for the characteristic time of the destabilization process was presented. The electrical forces were modelled with a point-dipole approximation and the hydrodynamic resistance to droplet transport was modelled with an empirical term including the logarithmic viscosity of the oil phase. The new model clearly performed much better than the previous model, particularly for very viscous crude oils. Studies of the performance of industrial electrocoalescers have showed that simple electrostatic theory can potentially explain complex separation phenomena when the resistance to the coalescence step is reduced by an efficient demulsifier. The ultimate goal is to build a model for both the laboratory setup and the industrial coalescer so that laboratory experiments can be used to predict the behavior of the industrial process.     

硅氧烷乳液聚合过程中大颗粒形成机理研究Ⅰ．阳离子型乳液的耐电解质稳定性

探讨了二甲基聚硅氧烷阳离子型乳液耐电解质稳定性的影响因素。结果表明,加入少量的非离子型表面活性剂与阳离子型乳化剂并用进行乳液聚合,可以保护乳液粒子,防止由于电解质引起的乳液粒子的相互凝聚而形成大颗粒。     

聚醋酸乙烯酯乳液冻融稳定改性的机理

冻融稳定性;聚乙烯醇缩甲醛;保护胶体;聚醋酸乙烯酯乳液冻融稳定改性的机理     

Evaluation of Water-in-Crude-Oil Emulsion Stability Using Critical Electric Field: Effect of Emulsion Preparation Procedure and Crude Oil Properties

The critical electrical field has been used as a tool to probe water in crude emulsion stability to electrical fields in many previous studies. Given the increasing importance of this metric, this study investigates factors that are important to the reproducibility of the measurement and the effect of emulsion preparation variables on the critical electric field. It was observed that the emulsion preparation procedure has a strong effect on the measured critical electric field due to droplet size effects. Furthermore, the effect of crude oil properties on the critical electric field was investigated using emulsions from different oils but with the same average droplet diameter, where it was found that the measurement was dominated by crude oil viscosity.     

硅氧烷乳液聚合过程中大颗粒形成机理研究：Ⅰ.阳离子型乳液的耐电解质…

探讨了二甲基聚硅氧烷阳离子型乳液耐电解质稳定性的影响因素。结果表明，加入少量的非离子型表面活性剂与阳离子型乳化剂并用进行乳液聚合，可以保护乳液粒子，防止由于电解质引的乳液粒子的相互凝聚而形成大颗粒。     

Zeta电位和界面膜强度对水包油乳状液稳定性影响

通过对表面活性剂、聚合物溶液和煤油体系油水界面剪切黏度和油珠的Zeta电位的测定,考察了界面膜强度和Zeta电位对水包油乳状液稳定性的影响。在煤油、表面活性剂、聚合物聚丙烯酰胺(3530S)或其氧化降解聚合物体系中,含有3530S时,界面膜强度值最大,最大值大于0.10 mN/m,Zeta电位为-18.4 mV,绝对值最大,乳状液最稳定。结果表明,油水界面膜强度和油珠表面的Zeta电位对水包油乳状液稳定性影响较大。界面膜强度和Zeta电位绝对值较大时,乳状液最稳定;当界面膜强度相差不大时,Zeta电位绝对值大的乳状液较稳定,此时双电层对乳状液稳定性起主要作用;当Zeta电位相差不大时,界面膜强度大的乳状液较稳定,此时界面膜强度对乳状液稳定性起主要作用。研究还表明,机械或氧化降解后的聚合物体系,界面剪切黏度和Zeta电位绝对值变小,乳状液稳定性变差。     

离心-电导联用法快速评价O/W乳状液稳定性

建立了乳状液在重力场和离心力场中的沉降/分层速率模型,利用离心加速乳状液的沉降/分层,根据分层后富水相的电导随离心时间的变化关系得到乳状液在离心场中的稳定时间tc,进而推算出乳状液在重力场中的稳定时间tg。这种离心-电导联用方法可快速评价O/W乳状液的稳定性。例如,以质量分数为4%Pluronic F68、1.2%卵磷脂、8%甘露醇和10%IPM配置的乳状液,在8000r/min离心下测得tc为22min,计算出tg为69d;定性分析得到离心分层常数KA=48.0%,结果表明,该配方可得到稳定的O/W乳状液。     

部分析因法分析油包水型聚乙烯亚胺水溶液/石蜡乳液的稳定性

聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)及其乳状液被广泛用于酶固定化、基因治疗、污水处理等领域。 为提高PEI乳状液的稳定性,促进其应用,本文采用部分析因试验法考察了影响PEI水溶液/石蜡乳状液(W/O)稳定性的主因素和各因素间交互作用。 结果表明,乳化剂用量和PEI的水相质量分数是影响PEI水溶液/石蜡乳液稳定性的主因素。 PEI的水相质量分数和油/水体积比的交互作用最显著。 优化后,制备最稳定的PEI水溶液/石蜡乳状液(W/O)的条件是:m(Span-80):m(Tween-80)=6:1,PEI的水相质量分数为5%,乳化剂用量为0.07 g/mL,V(石蜡):V(PEI水溶液)=6:4,均质时间为3 min,转速为6000 r/min。 在优化条件下制备的PEI水溶液/石蜡乳状液在放置7 d后乳状液的外观无明显变化,这表明所制备的PEI水溶液/石蜡乳状液具有良好的稳定性。     

The Effect of Weight Fraction of H-PDMS on the Latex Membrane and the Stability of Composite Emulsion of H-PDMS/Acrylate

High hydrogen-containing polymethylsiloxane(H-PDMS)/polyacrylate composite emulsion was synthesized by a drop-adding method for monomer emulsion. The effects of weight fraction of H-PDMS on the stability of composite emulsion, water resistance and heat-aging resistance of the latex membrane have been investigated. The TEM demonstrated that latex particles are a core-shell structure. By analyzing the spectrums of FTIR and ¹H-NMR, it can be indicated that H-PDMS had reacted with acrylate monomer resulting chemical bond formation. The core-shell structure and chemical bond play an important role to restrain phase separation of composite emulsion and enhance the stability of the emulsion. By analyzing the surface tension, apparent viscosity and morphological structure, the results showed that the stable composite emulsion system can be obtained in which the average latex particle size was smaller than 90 nm when weight fraction of H-PDMS is below 16% (based on the weight of acrylate monomer), the stable emulsion system can be obtained in which the average latex particle size becomes larger than 90 nm when the weight fraction of H-PDMS is above 20% of the acrylate monomer. The DSC demonstrated that the T_g of pure polyacrylate is 49°C, and there is only one T_g (35°C) when the weight fraction of H-PDMS is 13%, but there are two T_g (15°C and 25°C) when the weight fraction of H-PDMS is 16%. In addition, the water resistance and heat-aging resistance of composite latex membrane enhanced gradually with the increase of amount of H-PDMS.     

多重乳状液稳定性的研究

多重乳状液稳定性的研究刘沛妍，褚莹，吴子生，严忠，康万利（东北师范大学化学系，长春，１３００２４）（大庆石油学院，安达）关键词多重乳状液，示踪法，稳定性Ｗ／Ｏ型或Ｏ／Ｗ乳状液的稳定性是研究得比较成熟的课题［１］，但对Ｗ／Ｏ／Ｗ型多重（层）乳状液稳定性...     

Stability of the polymerizable surfactant stabilized latex particles during semibatch emulsion polymerization

The effect of the polymerizable surfactant, sodium dodecyl allyl sulfosuccinate (JS-2), on the stability of polybutyl acrylate latex particles during semibatch emulsion polymerization was investigated in this work. Experimental data show that the ionic strength is the most important parameter in determining the latex stability during the reaction. Both the amount of coagulum produced by intensive coagulation and percentage of the particle volume change (ΔV) caused by limited flocculation increase with increasing electrolyte concentration. The parameter Δ V increases significantly when the concentration of JS-2 in the initial reactor charge ([JS-2]_i) increases. The amount of coagulum increases rapidly when the agitation speed is increased from 400 to 800 rpm. Experiments of coagulation kinetics were carried out to study the stability of latex products toward added salts. The experimental data show that the chemical stability of the latex product increases with increasing pH. Furthermore, the critical coagulation concentration and diffuse potential increase with increasing [JS-2]_i. It is postulated that the increasing electrostatic attraction force between two approaching particles due to the increased [JS-2] _i can increase the apparent magnitude of Hamaker constant.     

乙酸对阳离子型PVAc乳液粒径的影响

以醋酸乙烯酯(VAc)和甲基丙烯酰氧基乙基三甲基氯化铵为主单体,Gemini超支化双子型阳离子表面活性剂和OP-10为复合乳化剂,通过乳液聚合制得一系列阳离子型聚醋酸乙烯酯乳液(1n),考察了VAc的主要杂质乙酸对1n粒径的影响.研究结果表明,乙酸含量增多时,Gemini超支化阳离子表面活性剂的临界胶束浓度和表面张力都...     

丙烯酸酯无皂乳液稳定性研究

研究了亲水性单体ＡＡ和引发剂Ｋ２Ｓ２Ｏ８用量对三元共聚物（ＭＭＡ／ＢＡ／ＡＡ）无皂乳液（ｐＨ＝８）的电解质稳定性、冻融稳定性和机械稳定性的影响。当乳液电解质稳定性最好时存在ＡＡ和Ｋ２Ｓ２Ｏ８用量最佳值,而乳液的机械稳定性则随ＡＡ和Ｋ２Ｓ２Ｏ８用量增大而迅速提高。乳液中加入丙酮可以改善其稳定性。