Emulsions and Emulsion Stability

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.

Johan Sjoblom

An Experimental and Theoretical Approach to the Dynamic Behavior of Emulsions. Spontaneous Emulsification: Recent Developments with Emphasis on Self-Emulsification. Symmetric Thin Liquid Films with Fluid Interfaces. Phase Inversion Studies as a Tool for Optimization and Characterization of Surfactant Mixtures in Specific Oil/Water Systems. Highly Concentrated Emulsions as Templates for Solid Foams. Organic Reactions in Emulsions and Microemulsions. NMR Characterization of Emulsions. Ultrasound for Characterizing Emulsions and Microemulsions. Environmental Emulsions: A Practical Approach. Bitumen Emulsions. Modern Characterization Techniques for Crude Oils, Their Emulsions, and Functionalized Surfaces. Production Issues of Acidic Petroleum Crude Oils. Formation of Crude Oil Emulsions in Chemical Flooding. Electrocoalescence for Oil-Water Separation: Fundamental Aspects. Numerical Simulation of Fluid Mechanisms and Separation Behavior in Offshore Gravity Separators. Design Criteria and Methodology for Modern Oil-Water Separation Systems. Droplet Size Distributions of Oil-in-Water Emulsions Under High Pressures by Video Microscopy. Monitoring of Demulsification of Crude Oil Emulsions by Conductivity Measurements.