title: [Effects of polyacrylamide on settling and separation of oil droplets in polymer flooding produced water].
abstract: The research found anion polyacrylamide (HPAM) had positive and negative effects on oil-water separation. Polymer made oily wastewater's viscosity increase and reduce rising velocity, and polymer can also increase intensity of water films between oil droplets and lengthen coalescence time of oil droplets. Those were not in favor of settling and separation for oil droplets. The positive effects on separation were that polyacrylamide had flocculating activity and made small droplets contact each other and combine into big droplets. When polymer's molecular weight was 2.72 x 10(6), and concentration was less than 800 mg/L, polymer was in favor of oil droplets settling and separation. The prime reason for oily wastewater of polymer flooding difficult to dispose was that initial median diameters of oil droplets were small. The transverse flow oil separator can intensify oil droplets combination and shorten rising time. The locale experiments showed the separator was suitable for dealing with oily wastewater of polymer flooding.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Shubo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Fusheng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Zhongxi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Fujun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhanpeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005648:Fuel Oils; D011108:Polymers; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D000099166:Polyacrylamides
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D005648:Fuel Oils; D011108:Polymers; D000099166:Polyacrylamides