Emulsions are difficult to transport in the oil and gas industry due to its water content and high\nviscosity property, thus a need arises to break these emulsions down into lighter emulsions that\nwould make it a lot more suitable for transportation. In this research, biodiesel was synthesized\nand used to break down relatively viscous emulsion samples into lighter emulsion samples. An\napparatus was designed with the aim of determining the flowrate of four different samples in different\nproportions and compositions: 80% oil and 20% water (sample A), 90% sample A + 10% of\nbiodiesel by volume (sample B), 75% of sample A + 25% of biodiesel by volume (sample C), 60% of\nsample A + 40% biodiesel by volume (sample D). The results showed that it was possible to significantly\nincrease the flow of emulsions by injecting biodiesel, which was acted as a surfactant, resulting\nin the lowering of the surface tension of the emulsion sample. The relevance of this research\nwork is validated as it proffers a solution to the transportation of heavy oil and emulsions\nfrom all over the world possessing the non-Newtonian flow behavior, which results in serious\nproblems related to its transportation.
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