The Use of Sodium Polyacrylate for Oil-Water Demulsification Process

Oil-water emulsion formation is common in oil fields. The a problem which causes an increase production costs and decrease quality. Therefore, demulsifier formulation needed to overcome these problems. use of household waste, particularly disposable diapers, promising alternative. One the substances contained diapers sodium polyacrylate super absorbent polymer, known as polyacrylate. substance takes 450 years 500 decompose sea on land. Sodium has inert hydrophilic properties with working principle absorbing trapping water expected reduce content oil-water emulsions are mostly produced from old wells. In this experiment, were used separate light crude samples tested brine 20% 70% salinity at 50oC. Centrifuge was speed up demulsification process within 1 3 minutes. It can be concluded that diaper waste emulsion. addition, by polyacrylae more stable higher compared 20%.