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Mechanochemistry and Processing Characteristics of Aqueous Emulsions of High-Viscosity Petroleum Products

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The effect of mechanochemical treatment on the emulsification of high-viscosity petroleum products is reported. Thermally stable water-in-oil emulsions, whose viscosity is five times lower than the viscosity of the original petroleum product, are prepared for the first time by mechanochemical treatment in the presence of a surfactant. The critical fluxing temperature, thermal properties, and viscosity of asphalt emulsions prepared by mechanochemical treatment is identical to those of residual oil. A mechanism is suggested to explain the formation of inverted aqueous emulsions of petroleum products rich in tars and asphaltenes.

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Red'kina, N.I., Khodakov, G.S. Mechanochemistry and Processing Characteristics of Aqueous Emulsions of High-Viscosity Petroleum Products. Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering 36, 395–399 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019812102812

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