Wednesday, 25 April 2007: 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Meeting Room 370 C & F (George R Brown Convention Center in Houston)

Topical A: 10th Topical Conference on Refinery Processing (TA)

#114 - Oil Water Separation (TA009)
At every stage of oil processing from production through transportation and refining, oil water separation is an important phenomenon. Indeed water content and water separatability are quality parameters of finished refinery products. This session seeks papers on the theory and application of mechanical and chemical aspects of oil water separation.
Chair:Larry Kremer III
CoChair:Andrew B. Woodside
2:00 PMWelcoming Remarks
2:05 PM“Oil/Water Separation: a Review of the Historical Development and the Evolution of New Treatment Techniques”
Robert W. Peters, Tracy Williams, M. P. Sharma
2:30 PMIn Situ Asphaltenic Film Characterization of W/O Emulsions by Sans: the Role of Film Thickness and Composition in Emulsion Stability
Vincent J. Verruto, Peter K. Kilpatrick
2:55 PMThe Benefits of Optimizing Your Desalter Operation
Sandra N. Garcia-Swofford, Sam A. Lordo
3:20 PMBreak
3:35 PMTutorial on Handling Slop Oil in the Refinery
Larry Kremer III, Kerlin Byers
4:00 PMA New Concept for Simultaneous Reduction of Alkalinity, Oil and Undesirable Gases Such as CO2 and H2S
James Chen, Dallas Douglas
4:25 PMStabilizing Hydraulicfluids with Membrane Drying
Stuart Nemser, Sudipto Majumdar, Peter Dell, Shannon Williams, Dan Avery, Don Stookey
4:50 PMSolidification Mechanism and Solidifier Effectiveness for Fuels and Oils
Thomas R. Hanley, Byung-Hwan Um, Dan Parker

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