Swelling/extraction tests are single-contact phase-behavior experiments to measure the solubility of CO2 dissolved in crude oil and the amount of hydrocarbon that CO2 can extract or vaporize from crude oil. The tests are commonly conducted in a visual PVT cell with a large sample size (40-100cc). In this paper, an easy operated apparatus capable of determining phase behavior with a significantl...

Swelling pressure measurements were performed on degrading dextran hydroxyethyl methacrylate (dex-HEMA) hydrogels. In these networks, the cross-links are hydrolyzable carbonate ester bonds formed between methacrylate groups and dextran molecules. It is demonstrated that dex-HEMA gels made in the presence of a known amount of free dextran chains exhibit osmotic properties similar to those of par...

Degrading hydroxyethylmethacrylate-grafted dextran (dex-HEMA) hydrogels generate a relatively sudden increase in osmotic pressure upon degradation into dextran solutions. This phenomenon is currently being examined as a possible means of developing a pulsatile drug-delivery system. Here a mathematical model based on scaling concepts is presented to describe this sudden increase in swelling pres...

Given a montmorillonite clay at high porosity and saturated by monovalent counterions, the particle level responses of the clay to different external loadings are investigated. As analytical solutions are not possible for complex arrangements of particles, computational micromechanical models are employed (based on solution of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations) using the finite element method...

It is very important to notice clay minerals, for resource development, stability evaluation of underground utilization, and others. However, few quantitative data on the effects clay-mineral type swelling characteristics permeability clays minerals have been reported date. This study was conducted investigate compacted using one-dimensional swelling-pressure constant-pressure tests. Comparativ...

The swelling of gelatin when placed in aqueous solution may be readily separated into three types. The swelling in acid or in alkali and the effect of neutral salts on this swelling have been shown by the work of Procter and Wilson, ~ and Loeb ~ to be due to the osmotic pressure of the ions of the electrolyte, in accordance with the Donnan equilibrium. The initial swelling of dry gelatin in wat...

The swelling of gelatin when placed in aqueous solution may be readily separated into three types. The swelling in acid or in alkali and the effect of neutral salts on this swelling have been shown by the work of Procter and Wilson, ~ and Loeb ~ to be due to the osmotic pressure of the ions of the electrolyte, in accordance with the Donnan equilibrium. The initial swelling of dry gelatin in wat...

Using unfertilized eggs of Arbacia punctulata as natural osmometers an attempt has been made to account for the course of swelling and shrinking of these cells in anisotonic solutions by means of the laws governing osmosis and diffusion. The method employed has been to compute permeability of the cell to water, as measured by the rate of volume change per unit of cell surface per unit of osmoti...

An 80-year-old man with a history of en bloc resection of squamous cell carcinoma of the hard palate (T4aN0M0) was performed a lateral-window sinus lift of the edentulous area of the left maxillary molar region to facilitate future placement of dental implants.Two hours after the surgery, the patient complained of sudden malar swelling. Marked swelling was present from the left infraorbital reg...

Self-exploding microparticles show potential for advanced delivery of certain therapeutics. This study evaluates (1) whether degrading biodegradable dextran hydroxyethyl methacrylate (dex-HEMA) microgels can be coated by a lipid membrane and (2) whether the surrounding membrane can be ruptured by the increasing swelling pressure of the degrading microgel. We found that adsorption of charged lip...