A. A. Rabah and M. B. Omer
The potential use of polyaluminum chloride (PAC) on destabilizing oil-water emulsions was investigated. The phase separation for emulsions with different water cuts ranging from (10 to 60) % was studied. A wide range of PAC doses (0.5 and 8.0) mg/L was tested. A 30 % hexane and 70 % ethanol solvent was used for PAC dose preparation. PAC was found to perform well for samples with water cut between (30 and 60) %. For 60 % water cut the phase separation reached 79 %. For samples with water cut of less than 20 %, PAC is found to have absolutely no influence on emulsion destabilization.
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