INNOVATIVE ENERGI-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUE FOR OIL ELECTRICAL DEEMULSIFICATION ON BASIS OF COMPOSITE ELECTRODES USAGE

Abstract

Essential technological and technical weaknesses were found among existing electrostatic dehydrators and electro-coalescing units. It was determined that the cause is critically low electrical resistivity and surface equipotentiality of metallic electrodes. Conceptually new technical solutions are suggested, that are based on the usage of electrically-conductive polymer composites as electrode material with imposed electro-physical and physico-chemical properties. The effectiveness of suggested solutions were confirmed by testing.

Keywords

• electrodehydrator
• electrocoalecing apparatus
• electrical resistivity
• electrically conductive polymeric composites
• resistivity
• electric-field strength