Abstract:The water droplets surrounded by a rigid interfacial asphaltene (ASP) film is one of the major setbacks in the petroleum industry. In this study, the properties of the interfacial ASP films around water droplets exposed to ionic surfactants as demulsifier were investigated. According to molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, the anionic surfactants are more effective than the cationic surfactant in the demulsification process since the anionic surfactants have the exact desire to localize not only near the ASP mo… Show more
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