Microfiltration of saline crude oil emulsions: Effects of dispersant and salinity

• Main Authors: Kücük, Şeyma, Hejase, Charifa A, Kolesnyk, Iryna S., Chew, Jia Wei, Tarabara, Volodymyr V.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Corexit; Microfiltration
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160289
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dispersants reduce oil-water interfacial tension making the separation of oil-water emulsions challenging. In this study, crude oil stabilized by the dispersant, Corexit EC9500A, was emulsified in synthetic sea water using a range of Corexit/crude oil concentration ratios (up to 10% by volume). With...