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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FORMULATED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DE-EMULSIFIERS

Hymore, F.K and Efeovbokhan, Vincent Enon and Akinola, T (2010) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FORMULATED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DE-EMULSIFIERS. In: ANNUAL CONFERENCE & AGM of NIGERIAN SOCIETY OF CHEMICALS ENGINEERS (NSChE), NOVEMBER, 2010, PORT-HARCOURT, NIGERIA.

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Abstract

The de-emulsification of water-in-oil emulsion of Ogharefe crude oil samples was studied by using formulated polyester based de-emulsifier sample A and a commercially available de-emulsifier sample C. The bottle test method was used to screen the de-emulsifier samples. The performance of the de-emulsifiers was expressed in terms of percentage of water separated from 100 ml samples of emulsions. For both the formulated and commercial de-emulsifiers, the performance increased with increased concentration of the de-emulsifiers, separation time and operating temperature. The effect of the operating temperature was much higher and there was a linear between performance and temperature. The performance of the best of the formulated de-emulsifiers, sample A, was better than that of the commercial de-emulsifier under all the conditions of this study- the volume of water expelled by sample A was 5 times that of the commercial one at 30oC. At 70oC, this ratio increased to 14.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences
Depositing User: Prof Fred Hymore
Date Deposited: 22 Jun 2011 22:08
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2017 11:46
URI: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/208

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