Table 4.
Research publications for emulsions applications.
| Reference | Overview |
|---|---|
| Adeyemi et al. [8] | Experimental and numerical analysis of the emulsification of oil droplets in water with ultrasound |
| Adeyemi et al. [9] | Study of US assisted coalescence of water droplets in oil including techno-economic assessment |
| Adeyemi et al. [7] | Effect of various parameters on the acoustic pressure and coalescence time of water droplets in oil phase |
| Sadatshojaie et al. [84] | Study of US treatment for separation of medium gravity crude oil emulsions |
| Ronchi et al. [83] | Application of a US-assisted technique for removing oil from oily water without demulsifiers using Raschig rings |
| Luo et al. [57] | Effect of US parameters on emulsion separation with different physical properties |
| Lim et al. [51] | Study of the effect of US waves amplitude on the demulsification of crude emulsions at different temperatures |
| Vahdanikia et al. [94] | Study of the simultaneous influence of US waves and microorganisms on the stability of w/o emulsions |
| Atehortua et al. [21] | Use of a high frequency ultrasonic standing wave coalescence chamber to separate water in crude oil emulsions |
| Xu et al. [101] | Study of demulsification/dehydration for crude oil using US waves |
| Luo et al. [54] | Study of the application range and optimal parameters for separating water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions using ultrasonic standing waves |
| Khajehesamedini et al. [43] | Study of the feasibility of using low-frequency ultrasonic waves to reduce chemical demulsifiers consumption in the pretreatment of crude oil |
| Pedrotti et al. [76] | Development of an automated system for mapping and evaluating the acoustic intensity distribution for demulsification efficiency measurements |
| Yi et al. [103] | Study of demulsification using a combined treatment of US and chemical demulsifier |
| Antes et al. [18] | Comprehensive study for the evaluation of US frequency effect on demulsification of crude oil emulsions |
| Hamidi et al. [33 ] | Study of US effect on brine-oil interfaces (emulsion) in a reservoir using Hele-Shaw model |
| Antes et al. [19] | Study on the feasibility of indirect application of low frequency US for demulsification of crude oil without using chemical demulsifiers |