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creators_name: Yaakob, A.B.
creators_name: Sulaimon, A.A.
title: Performance assessment of plant extracts as green demulsifiers
ispublished: pub
keywords: Bottles; Chromatography; Demulsification; Emulsification; Emulsions; Gas chromatography; Gas oils; Toxicity; Vegetable oils, Chemical demulsifiers; Crude oil dehydrations; Demulsifiers; Environmental concerns; High temperature gas chromatographies; Performance assessment; Static and dynamic conditions; Water in oil emulsions, Plant extracts
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abstract: Crude oil dehydration is an important requirement in oil and gas processing. Most of the conventional chemical demulsifiers are effective in resolving water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions but their application is restricted due to environmental concerns. The chemical demulsifiers are toxic and may cause serious environmental degradation during water disposal. In this study, we have investigated extracts of green tea and some vegetable oils such as the olive and coconut oils as potential environment-friendly W/O demulsifiers. The plant extract was obtained by Soxhlet extraction method while the vegetable oil triglycerides was obtained from 100  coconut oil. The purity and compositions of the extracts and the vegetable oils were obtained with high temperature gas chromatography (HTGC) while the toxicity tests were also carried out to ascertain the eco-friendliness of the tested potential demulsifiers. The melting point of the water-insoluble and unreactive coconut oil was 76 °F while its specific gravity was 0.9. Subsequently, bottle tests were conducted under static and dynamic conditions to select the best demulsifier among the extract and the vegetable oils. Results showed that the coconut oil gave a higher volume of separated water than the green tea extract and olive oil for all W/O emulsion samples. © 2017, Japan Petroleum Institute. All rights reserved.
date: 2017
publisher: Japan Petroleum Institute
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85023758128&doi=10.1627%2fjpi.60.186&partnerID=40&md5=9e186814047163c60fed936fd9126634
id_number: 10.1627/jpi.60.186
full_text_status: none
publication: Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute
volume: 60
number: 4
pagerange: 186-193
refereed: TRUE
issn: 13468804
citation:   Yaakob, A.B. and Sulaimon, A.A.  (2017) Performance assessment of plant extracts as green demulsifiers.  Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, 60 (4).  pp. 186-193.  ISSN 13468804