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Phenomenological continuum theory of asphaltene-stabilized oil/water emulsions
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posted on 2017-11-03, 11:27 authored by Gyula TothGyula Toth, Juri Selvag, Bjorn KvammeIn this paper we use a phenomenological continuum theory of the Ginzburg-Landau
type to address emulsion formation in water/light hydrocarbon/asphaltene systems.
Based on the results of recent molecular dynamics simulations, we first calibrate the
model parameters and show, that the theory produces a reasonable equation of state.
Next, the coalescence of oil droplets is studied by a convection-diffusion dynamics as
a function of both the surface coverage and the viscosity contrast between the as-
phaltene and the bulk liquids. We show, that, besides the traditional thermodynamic
interpretation of emulsion formation, the timescale of drop coalescence can be con-
trolled independently from the interfacial tension drop, which offers an alternative,
solely kinetic driven mechanism of emulsion formation.
Funding
This work has been supported by the VISTA basic research programme project No. 6359 "Surfactants for water/CO2/hydrocarbon emulsions for combined CO2 storage and utilization" of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Statoil.
History
School
- Science
Department
- Mathematical Sciences
Published in
Energy & FuelsVolume
31Issue
2Pages
1218 - 1225Citation
TOTH, G.I., SELVAG, J. and KVAMME, B., 2017. Phenomenological continuum theory of asphaltene-stabilized oil/water emulsions. Energy & Fuels, 31(2), pp. 1218-1225.Publisher
© American Chemical Society (ACS)Version
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2017Notes
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Energy & Fuels, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02430.ISSN
0887-0624eISSN
1520-5029Publisher version
Language
- en