Formation of water-in-oil emulsions and application to oil spill modelling

Fingas, Merv; Fieldhouse, Ben

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2003.11.008

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“…In oil reservoirs, the added chemicals, or crude oil components such as asphaltenes, waxes, resins, and naphthenic acids act as emulsifying agents. These emulsifiers or stabilizers suppress the emulsion breakdown process (Fingas and Fieldhouse 2004). Many researchers carried out experimental investigation on injection of W/O or O/W emulsion as a selective plugging agent to improve oil recovery in water flooding (McAuliffe 1973a, b;Thomas and Ali 1989).…”

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Modeling of flow of oil-in-water emulsions through porous media

Mandal

Bera

2015

Pet. Sci.

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Formation and flow of emulsions in porous media are common in all enhanced oil recovery techniques. In most cases, oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions are formed in porous media due to oil-water interaction. Even now, detailed flow mechanisms of emulsions through porous media are not well understood. In this study, variation of rate of flow of O/W emulsions with pressure drop was studied experimentally, and rheological parameters were calculated. The pressure drop increases with an increase in oil concentration in the O/W emulsion due to high viscosity. The effective viscosity of the emulsion was calculated from the derived model and expressed as a function of shear rate while flowing through porous media. Flow of O/W emulsions of different concentrations was evaluated in sand packs of different sand sizes. Emulsions were characterized by analyzing their stability, rheological properties, and temperature effects on rheological properties.

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Modeling of flow of oil-in-water emulsions through porous media

Mandal

Bera

2015

Pet. Sci.

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“…In work [5], in order to obtain foam with high structural and mechanical properties, it is necessary to add a substance that served as a stabilizer of the foam system. Therefore, it is urgent to investigate the influence of elamin on the characteristics of the water system and its ability to retain moisture.…”

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Investigation of the mobility of water molecules in products with foam structure and high iodine content

Deynichenko

Djukareva

D'yakov

et al. 2017

TAPR

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“…Light refined products, in general, are not expected to emulsify since they do not contain the right hydrocarbon components to stabilize the water droplets [24]. Emulsions are characterised as stable, mesostable and unstable when the maximum amount of contained water is 60-80%, 40-60% and 30-40%, respectively [25]. The corresponding variations on oil properties are also given in the latter paper.…”

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