EFFECT OF MAGNETIC TREATMENT OIL EMULSIONS WITH DIFFERENT TABLE 30 EMULSIFIERS

Abstract

National Center of Applied Electromagnetism conducts research to increase the efficiency in various industrial processes, using the magnetic treatment. In this paper was evaluated their
usefulness to the processes of dehydration and desalting of crude oil refineries, where it is important to the separation of the largest quantity of water emulsified to improve the efficiency of these processes. “Hermanos Díaz” Refinery is processing Mesa 30 oil, which is conducting a study of the effect of magnetic treatment on the behavior of some of the variables of the dehydration process of it, such as use of emulsifier, viscosity, size and distribution of water droplets, percentage of recovery of water and emulsion’s stability. Emulsions were treated with a magnetic field intensity of 0,15 T, a hose of 0,005 m diameter, while maintaining the speed of exposure between 0,5 m/s and 1,5 m/s. Emulsions were prepared with water previously magnetically treated and untreated emulsions,
as control. Emulsions prepared with light oil without magnetic treatment is not observed phase separation when it increases the speed of agitation, they remain stable during the assessment period. However, when they were prepared to 600 rpm, with magnetically treated water was observed to phase separation and thus increasing the recovery of water.