We have measured the short-time and long-time elastic responses to compression of various types of surfactant layers adsorbed at oil-water interfaces. We prepared reasonably monodisperse oil-in-water emulsions with the same surfactants and monitored the time evolution of the emulsion droplets' diameter. We used a broad variety of surfactants (cationic, nonionic, and small polymers) and alkanes ...

This thesis presents Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) studies of gas flow dynamics in porous and granular media by using laser-polarized 129Xe. Two different physical processes, the gas transport in porous rock cores and the mass exchanges between different phases in fluidized granular systems, were investigated and new experimental methods were designed to measure several important parameters ...

due to the need to find new protein sources with considering the fact that the bitter vetch seed has high levels of protein content, physicochemical and mechanical properties of bitter vetch seed and functional properties of its flour were evaluated in this study. the effects of altering the ph on protein solubility, foaming capacity, foaming stability, emulsion capacity and emulsion stability ...

Condensate banking around wellbores can significantly shorten the production from gas-condensate reservoirs. Several approaches to mitigate this issue have been proposed in literature, among which gas injection comes out with promising results. This method’s efficiency has largely investigated at core and field scales, but underlying flow phenomena taking place pore-scale are still poorly under...

Nonionic surfactant-stabilised oil-in-water emulsions offer a potentially useful vehicle for transporting heavy crude oils from oilfields to refineries or distribution terminals. Prior to refining, separation of the oil from the emulsion is necessary. Previous studies have suggested that heating the emulsion is sufficient for destabilisation and recovery of the oil. The present work examines th...

Industrialization of plasma De-NOx system needs combination of various technologies technologies. This article introduces these many technologies and discusses the technical problems and their solutions. Such technologies include system design, efficiency requirements, component design method, plasma chemical reactions, optimization of process, scheme of the system, modification of discharge mo...