Emulsions and Emulsion Stability, Second Edition provides comprehensive coverage of both theoretical and practical aspects of emulsions. The book presents fundamental concepts and processes in emulsified systems, such as flocculation, coalescence, stability, precipitation, deposition, and the evolution of droplet size distribution.
The book explains how to predict emulsion stability and determine droplet sizes in a variety of emulsion systems. It discusses spontaneous emulsification and the formation of ?nanoemulsions? as well as droplet-droplet interactions in different electrical fields (electrocoalescence), and the formulation, composition, and preparation variables that contribute to the inversion in emulsion systems. Several chapters emphasize applications such as emulsification encountered in oil spills, asphalt, chemical flooding, acid crude oils, and large-scale industrial wastewater treatment. The survey of experimental characterization methods highlights the importance of thin liquid films in colloidal systems and assesses different NMR applications, ultrasound characterization, video microscopy, and other on-line instrumentation. The last chapter in the book deals with obtaining conductivity measurements as an alternative to online instrumentation.
Completely revised and expanded, this second edition of Emulsions and Emulsion Stability offers a well-rounded collection of knowledge that is applicable to all academic and industrial scientists and researchers in the fields of surfactant and emulsion science.
Preface
Chapter 1 : An Experimental and Theoretical Approach to the Dynamic Behavior of Emulsions
Chapter 2 : Spontaneous Emulsification : Recent Developments with Emphasis on Self-Emulsification
Chapter 3 : Symmetric Thin Liquid Films with Fluid Interfaces
Chapter 4 : Emulsion Phase Inversion Phenomena
Chapter 5 : Phase Inversion Studies as a Tool for Optimization and Characterization of Surfactant Mixtures in Specific Oil/Water Systems
Chapter 6 : Highly Concentrated Emulsions as Templates for Solid Foams
Chapter 7 : Organic Reactions in Emulsions and Microemulsions
Chapter 8 : NMR Characterization of Emulsions
Chapter 9 : Ultrasound for Characterizing Emulsions and Microemulsions
Chapter 10 : Environmental Emulsions : A Practical Approach
Chapter 11 : Bitumen Emulsions
Chapter 12 : Modern Characterization Techniques for Crude Oils, Their Emulsions and Functionalized Surfaces
Chapter 13 : Production Issues of Acidic Petroleum Crude Oils
Chapter 14 : Formation of Crude Oil Emulsions in Chemical Flooding
Chapter 15 : Electrocoalescence for Oil-Water Separation : Fundamental Aspects
Chapter 16 : Numerical Simulation of Fluid Mechanisms and Separation Behavior in Offshore Gravity Separators
Chapter 17 : Design Criteria and Methodology for Modern Oil-Water Separation Systems
Chapter 18 : Droplet Size Distributions of Oil-in-Water Emulsions Under High Pressures by Video Microscopy
Chapter 19 : Monitoring of Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions by Using Conductivity Measurements
Index
